Report of Restructuring of Central Waqf Council
Restructuring of Central Waqf Council (Report submitted to Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India) National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NITI Aayog, Government of India) Plot No: 25, Sector: A-7, Narela Institutional Area Delhi 110040 Restructuring of Central Waqf Council (Report submitted to Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India) Research Team Dr. M.R. Prasad Dr. A.K. Yadav Mr. S.K. Yadav Mr. Vijay K. Saxena Dr. Tapas K. Sarangi Under the Supervision of Dr. Pitam Singh National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NITI Aayog, Government of India) Plot No: 25, Sector: A-7, Narela Institutional Area, Delhi 110040 ii PREFACE Central Waqf Council (CWC), a statutory body established by the Parliament was mandated to provide effective guidance, leadership to the State Waqf Boards (SWBs) in streamlining the waqf properties, inter alia, identification, protection, documentation, safeguarding from encroachments, computerization of records, generating GPS-enabled IDs for each property, welfare measures through augmenting revenue and income generation from the assets etc. CWC itself has suo moto powers to deal with litigations pertaining to waqf properties. Roles, responsibilities, and challenges of CWC were widened by the Waqf Act (1995), as amended in 2013. However, the limited organizational set-up of CWC is hampering the fulfillment of the objectives enshrined in the Waqf Act. Therefore, the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India has entrusted with NILERD, the task of submitting report on Restructuring of CWC. The NILERD research team with inputs from senior officers of MoMA, and rigorous interaction with the officers & staff of CWC have come out with the detailed report on Restructuring of CWC giving their recommendations.
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