Lok Sabha Question No. 3627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Waqf Properties
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3627

## ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## WAQF PROPERTIES

## †3627. SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes being run/proposed to be run by the Government regarding digitization, GIS/GPS mapping, protection and development of waqf properties throughout the country;
- (b) whether the Central Waqf Council proposes to set up common service centres in major waqf centres in various States of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of the assistance to be provided to the minority category by these common service centres; and
- (e) whether  it  would  also  include  the  plan  for  development  of  women  belonging  to  the  minority community and making them self-reliant and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) This  Ministry  is  implementing  two  schemes  namely  i)  Qaumi  Waqf  Board  Taraqqiati  Scheme (QWBTS) and ii) Shahari Waqf Sampatti Vikas Yojana (SWSVY) through Central Waqf Council (CWC). Under  QWBTS,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  SWBs  for  deployment  of  manpower  viz.  Assistant Programmer,  GIS-Digitization  supervisor,  Mutation  Assistants,  Mutawalli  Change  Support  Assistant, Mutawalli Return Support Assistant, Leasing Support Assistant, Litigation Tracking Support Assistant, Zonal Waqf  Officers,  Survey  Assistant  and  Data  Entry  Operator,  setting  up  of  Video  Conferencing  Facility, maintenance of Centralized Computing Facility (CCF) & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solution for better administration of SWBs. A dedicated online portal called WAMSI (Waqf Assets Management System of  India)  has  also  developed  by  this  Ministry  for  management/tracking  of  litigation  pertaining  to  waqfs, computerization  &  digitization  of  records  of  waqf  properties,  Geographic  Information  System  (GIS) Mapping of waqf properties to prevent encroachment. So far records of 7,94,875 (Seven Lakh Ninety Four Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  Seventy  Five)  immovable  waqf  properties  have  been  entered  in  WAMSI Registration  Module  and  GIS  Mapping  of  2,44,006  (Two  Lakh  Forty  Four  Thousand  and  Six)  waqf properties have been done. For the first time 3,32,344 (Three Lakh Thirty Two Thousand Three Hundred and Forty Four) records  of waqf estates have been  digitized. Under  SWSVY, interest  free loan is  provided to Waqf Institutions/Waqf Boards for taking up economically viable projects on the urban waqf land such as commercial complexes, marriage halls, hospitals, cold storages etc.

(b) to (e) Yes Sir, Central Waqf Council a Statutory Body under this Ministry,  proposes to set up Common Service Centers (CSCs) in selected SWBs. The CSCs will be run through Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs). Maximum Assistance amounting to Rs.10.00 lakh per year may be provided to each PIA. The aim of CSCs  is  to  provide  benefit  to  Muslim  children  including  girls  who  belong  to  poor  and  underprivileged sections by providing online facilities in the process of admission viz. submission of application, uploading of documents etc.

*******