SRINAGAR: A total of 25,567 waqf properties in Jammu and Kashmir had been initiated or completed for entry on the UMEED Central Portal-2025 as of July 31, 2026, with 25,248 properties approved, according to data tabled by the Union Government in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The figures were provided by Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju in reply to an unstarred question on the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
According to the State/UT-wise progress report, Jammu and Kashmir had 221 waqf properties at the stage of initiation for entry, 33 submitted by the maker and pending with the checker, and three submitted by the checker and pending with the approver. A total of 25,248 properties had been approved by the approver.
The data also showed that 62 JK waqf property entries had been rejected by the checker or approver and were pending with the maker.
Across the country, 7,99,097 waqf properties had been initiated or completed for entry on the portal by July 31, including 6,17,635 approved properties. Jammu and Kashmir accounted for about 3.2 per cent of the total properties initiated or completed nationally.
The Union Government said the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Act, 1995, as amended by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, came into force on April 8, 2026.
Under the amended law, the UMEED Central Portal-2025 was launched on June 6, 2025, for uploading waqf details, registering new waqf properties and facilitating transparent management and governance of waqf properties.
The Ministry said the process of uploading, verification and validation of waqf property details was still under way.
It said the portal would include information such as annual income and expenditure of waqf properties and amounts set aside for religious, charitable and other purposes. However, the government said a complete picture of annual income and its utilisation could be established only after the uploading and validation process was completed.
Under Section 32 of the UMEED Act, the general superintendence of auqaf in a State rests with the concerned Waqf Board. The Boards are responsible for ensuring that waqf properties under their supervision are properly maintained, controlled and administered, and that their income is applied to the purposes for which the auqaf were created or intended.
The government said Waqf Boards were also required to furnish information to the Central Waqf Council on their performance, particularly financial performance, surveys, maintenance of waqf deeds, revenue records, encroachment of waqf properties, annual reports and audit reports.
The Central Waqf Council, a statutory body under the Union Government, advises the Centre, State governments and Waqf Boards on matters concerning the functioning of Waqf Boards and administration of auqaf.
The government said the portal-based exercise was intended to improve transparency and governance, while information on the actual income generated by waqf properties and its utilisation for beneficiaries would be available after the ongoing data verification and validation process is completed.
