Low returns on WAKF Properties

Rajya Sabha

To enable the State Wakf Boards to manage the wakf properties better, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on wakf has recommended amendments in the wakf Act, 1995. Giving this information in the Rajya Sabha today in written reply to a question on whether it is a fact that all wakf properties in the country are either in adverse possession or are fetching very low returns, thereby depriving the community of the benefit of these properties, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Minority Affairs, said that the Government has consulted the State Governments on the amendments to the Wakf Act. This issue has been processed further as per approved modalities.

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