Govt set target to achieve 100% digitization of waqf properties

The government has set a target to achieve 100 per cent digitization of waqf properties across the country in its first 100 days.

Addressing the national conference of State and Union Territories waqf boards in New Delhi today, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minister said, Geographic Information System mapping is being used on a war footing to achieve the target.  

Mr Naqvi said, this move is aimed at improving the infrastructural and financial conditions of waqf boards so that waqf properties



can be used for the welfare of the Muslim community, and encroachment of such properties be prevented. He said, the government is providing 100 per cent funding to waqf boards for various educational and developmental programmes. The Minister also gave away national awards to waqf boards for excellence in management.

The national conference of State and Union Territories waqf boards was organised by the Central Waqf Council, Ministry of Minority Affairs to review the progress of waqf related activities