Lok Sabha Question No. 2636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-07
Subject: Waqf Property
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRYOFMINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTIONNO.2636

ANSWERED ON 07.08.2024

## WAQF  PROPERTY

## 2636.SHRI CAPTAIN  BRIJESH CHOWTA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are records of all property held as Waqf Property by the Waqf Board across the country, State-wise;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has any data for the last twenty years, State-wise, particularly for the Dakshina Kannada district of Karanataka;
- (c) the details pertaining to changes in the landholding of the Waqf Board in Dakshina Kannada; and
- (d) the details of process of designating lands as Waqf properties?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OFMINORITYAFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) & (b)   The Waqf Asset Management System of India (WAMASI Portal) was launched in the year 2010 and the records of waqf propertyheld by the Waqf Boards across the country, are  updated  on  monthly  basis  and  accordingly  monthly  report  are  generated  on  this  Portal. The record of Waqf properties as on 31 st July, 2024, as per WAMSI Portal is annexed.

As on 31.07.2024, the details of 62,830 waqf properties are available on the Portal for the State of Karnataka including Dakshina Kananada.

- (c) The general superintendence of the Auqaf situated in a state, vests with the State Waqf Boards in terms of section 32 of the Waqf Act, 1995.
- (d) Waqfs  are  created  and  established  by  the  process  where  a  person  consecrates  the property  from  his  ownership,  and  permanently  dedicating  the  property  for  pious,  religious, and charitable purposes as recognized by Muslim Law in terms of section 3 (r) of the Waqf Act, 1995.

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