The objective of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is to remove the shortcomings in the rights of the city, institution etc. of Waqf properties as well as in its management and also to promote the efficiency of all these. This bill provides for changing the name of the Waqf Act, 1995 to the Integrated Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.
What Is The Waqf (Amendment) Bill?
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Indian Lok Sabha on 8 August 2024. It seeks to repeal the Muslim Waqf Act, 1923 and amend or replace the Waqf Act, 1995. The Waqf Act regulates all types of waqf properties in India and defines waqf as the endowment of movable or immovable property for all purposes recognized as sacred, religious or charitable under Muslim law. Every state is required to constitute a Waqf Board in its state to manage the waqf. People from
Hindu And Muslim Groups Insisted On Considering Or Sending Their Views To The House Committee On The Wakf Bill
With only two days left for the deadline for sending public suggestions to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) constituted to review the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, both Muslim and Hindu groups have intensified their campaigns to ensure that people send their feedback to the government as quickly as possible. Along with all this, Mr. Mahali said that we had called upon the people to use our QR code to send suggestions to JPC through Namaz on Friday, September 6, 2024 and within two hours, six lakh people have used this QR code.
Waqf Amendment 2024 JPC Meeting Will Be Held From 18 To 20 September
The Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Wakf Amendment Bill is being held from September 18 to 20. On September 11, 2024, the Rajya Sabha panel had summoned officials of the Ministry of Minority Affairs to examine the reasons for the delay in completing the process of subordinate legislation under the Wakf Act of 2013. The move comes at a time when a JPC is examining the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The JPC wants to make changes to the Wakf (Amendment) Act of 2013.
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