Lok Sabha Question No. 842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-04
Subject: UMEED Portal
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Benny Behanan, Shri K Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  842

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026

## UMEED PORTAL

## 842:   SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: SHRI K SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be please to State:-

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  UMEED  portal  for  digital  registration  of  Waqf properties  faced  persistent  technical  glitches  during  late  2025  including  server  crashes,  login failures, missing or inaccessible fields, delayed uploads, and other functional issues and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of Waqf properties uploaded, approved, pending and rejected, State and monthwise;
- (c) the steps taken or proposed to be taken to resolve these technical problems such as system upgrades, additional training for Waqf Boards, helplines or independent technical audits; and
- (d) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to ensure uniform and reliable reporting across all States and Union Territories (UTs) and plans to monitor the portal performance in real time to avoid delays in registration of pending Waqf properties and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  to  (d):  The  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  developed  and  launched  the  statutory  UMEED Central  Portal-2025  on  06.06.2025  for  uploading  details  of  existing  waqf  and  properties dedicated to the waqf, registration of new waqf, and for facilitating the overall management and governance of waqf in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

Following  the  launch  and  subsequent  scaling-up  of  the  UMEED  Central  Portal-2025, certain  intermittent  technical  and  operational  issues  were  reported  by  some  users,  particularly during the initial phase and during periods of high concurrent usage. These issues were almost uniform across all States/UTs and were largely transitional and operational in nature, rather than indicating of any systemic malfunction of the Portal.

The issues arose primarily due to digitization of large volumes of legacy data, variations in internet connectivity at the user end, differing levels of digital preparedness among field-level functionaries, and gaps in the availability of statutory records with certain State Waqf Boards.

The  issues  reported  included  occasional  login  delays  due  to  delayed  receipt  of  OTPs attributable to user-end connectivity, non-submission of certain mandatory fields owing to nonavailability  of  requisite  documents,  and  issues  relating  to  data  validation  under  the  maker- checker-approver  workflow.  In  several  instances,  such  difficulties  arose  due  to  the  nonavailability of records prescribed under the Act with certain State Waqf Boards.

All such issues and queries were addressed as and when received through the Helpdesk mechanism, and necessary clarifications,  remarks and  resolutions were provided on the Portal under the grievance redressal module. Notwithstanding these issues, the Portal remained largely functional  throughout  the  prescribed  period,  and  the  process  of  digital  uploading  of  details  of waqf and waqf-dedicated properties continued across States and Union Territories.

Moreover  several  communications  were  also  received  from  the  stakeholders  on  the matter.  The  issues  raised  therein  were  addressed  and  resolved  on  a  real-time  basis,  and  the replies  along  with  details  of  the  grievances  redressed  have  been  uploaded  on  the  UMEED Central Portal-2025 i.e. https://umeed.minorityaffairs.gov.in/ and those were also resolved during the video conferences & Zonal Review Meetings.

A State-wise  and  month-wise  monitoring  mechanism  has  been  built  into  the  Portal  to continuously track the status of waqf properties uploaded, approved, pending or reverted. This mechanism  enables  early  identification  of  bottlenecks,  targeted  technical  support  and  focused compliance-oriented interventions. Based on continuous monitoring, no State or Union Territory has been identified as having been disproportionately affected due to any systemic or persistent technical malfunction of the Portal.

The UMEED Central Portal-2025 was launched on 06.06.2025. While the pace of data submission  during  the  initial  months  was  negligible,  a  substantial  increase  in  uploads  was observed towards the latter part of the prescribed period, including significant volumes uploaded during the final month and in the last week. A State-wise and month-wise Waqf Progress Report on the UMEED Central Portal is as Annexure-I .

As per Rule 3 of the UMEED Rules, 2025, the uploaded data has been examined and instances of erroneous entries, particularly relating to the area of waqf properties, were observed. Accordingly, all State Waqf Boards have been advised to re-verify the area details with reference to  relevant  land  records.  In  cases  where  discrepancies  involving  unusually  large  area  entries persist, the same shall be re-examined by nominated State Government officials.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) to (D) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 842  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  04.02.2026  ON  'UMEED  PORTAL'  RAISED SHRI BENNY BEHANAN AND SHRI K SUDHAKARAN

| S. No   | State waqf Board Name                  |   June |   July |   August |   Septembe r |   Octobe r |   November |   December |   Total |
|---------|----------------------------------------|--------|--------|----------|--------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands            |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |         12 |        119 |         82 |     213 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                         |      0 |      4 |        0 |           52 |        421 |       9523 |       1290 |   11290 |
| 3       | Assam                                  |      0 |      0 |        2 |            1 |         32 |        306 |        340 |     681 |
| 4       | Bihar Shia                             |      0 |      0 |       12 |            6 |         15 |       3379 |       1808 |    5220 |
| 5       | Bihar Sunni                            |      0 |     10 |      193 |          181 |        161 |       5208 |       4231 |    9984 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                             |      0 |      0 |       10 |            5 |          3 |          5 |          0 |      23 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                           |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |          0 |       1091 |        833 |    1924 |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |          0 |          2 |          0 |       2 |
| 9       | Delhi                                  |      2 |      1 |        0 |            1 |         22 |       2194 |        932 |    3152 |
| 10      | Gujarat                                |      0 |      1 |        2 |           18 |        468 |       8246 |      18725 |   27460 |
| 11      | Haryana                                |      1 |      0 |        0 |          439 |       3701 |       8580 |        724 |   13445 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh                       |      1 |      0 |        0 |           62 |        204 |        542 |         90 |     899 |
| 13      | Jammu And Kashmir                      |      0 |      0 |       18 |          558 |       1202 |      17490 |       6025 |   25293 |
| 14      | Jharkhand                              |      0 |      0 |        1 |           22 |         27 |        247 |        259 |     556 |
| 15      | Karnataka                              |      0 |      0 |        0 |           31 |       5816 |      46578 |       5903 |   58328 |
| 16      | Kerala                                 |      0 |      3 |        0 |            0 |         32 |       2995 |      39747 |   42777 |
| 17      | Lakshadweep                            |      0 |      0 |        1 |            3 |          2 |         43 |        419 |     468 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh                         |      0 |      1 |        0 |            3 |         15 |       4904 |      16398 |   21321 |
| 19      | Maharashtra                            |      0 |      2 |       15 |           37 |       2196 |      39657 |      21032 |   62939 |
| 20      | Manipur                                |      1 |      3 |        0 |            0 |          0 |        248 |        141 |     393 |
| 21      | Meghalaya                              |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |          0 |          7 |          6 |      13 |
| 22      | Odisha                                 |      1 |     12 |      107 |          945 |       1942 |       1344 |       1850 |    6201 |
| 23      | Puducherry                             |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |          1 |        145 |        474 |     620 |
| 24      | Punjab                                 |      1 |      2 |        4 |         1655 |       4298 |      16421 |       3529 |   25910 |
| 25      | Rajasthan                              |      0 |      4 |       13 |           11 |        168 |       7073 |      14969 |   22238 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu                             |      0 |      0 |        0 |            0 |         12 |       1432 |       6808 |    8252 |
| 27      | Telangana                              |      0 |      1 |        0 |            2 |       2244 |      23189 |      21046 |   46482 |
| 28      | Tripura                                |      0 |      0 |      397 |            1 |          0 |       1879 |        503 |    2780 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                            |      0 |      2 |        7 |          100 |        225 |        775 |       1170 |    2279 |
| 30      | UP Shia                                |      0 |      0 |       12 |           51 |        163 |       3230 |       3030 |    6486 |
| 31      | UP Sunni                               |      2 |      2 |        7 |          140 |       2354 |      31363 |      52494 |   86362 |
| 32      | West Bengal                            |      2 |      3 |       21 |            3 |         90 |       4248 |      18724 |   23091 |
|         | Total                                  |     11 |     51 |      822 |         4327 |      25826 |     242463 |     243582 |  517082 |