(a) whether the Union Government is considering the digitisation of the records of
all the State Waqf Boards (SWBs);
(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether the Union Government has identified the relevant companies equipped to
deal with the task of digitisation in regional languages; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI NINONG ERING)
(a) Yes Madam, the Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing a scheme named
“Computerisation of records of State Wakf Boardsâ€. The scheme has a component for
digitisation of deeds, legal documents and other relevant records which establish
the ownership rights of wakf estates & wakf properties.
(b) The latest status/progress of digitization work at various State/UT Wakf Boards
is enclosed at Annexure-I.
(c) & (d): Ministry of Minority Affairs has provided funds to National Informatics
Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) for development and implementing of Information System
under supervision of National Informatics Centre (NIC). Pre-Digitization work is being
carried-out by respective State/UT Wakf Boards, which involves identification and
arrangement of documents, preparation of metadata folder of each wakf property before
digitisation is taken up. Scanning of Documents is being done by the agencies
empanelled by NICSI. The process of digitization is universals and makes no
differentiation between languages.