• Waqf Estates | 356,047
  • Immovable Properties | 872,321
  • Movable Properties | 16,713
  • Digitized Records | 329,995

Total Estimated Area Under Registered Waqf Properties Currently

  • 9.4 lakh acres

Sachar Committee on Waqf Properties

  • 4.9+ lakh registered Wakfs | across different states/UTs.
  • West Bengal | 148,200 waqf properties.
  • Uttar Pradesh | 122,839 waqf properties.
  • 6 lakh acres of waqf land estimated | across different states/UTs | as per the report.
  • Market value of the land | Rs.1.20 lakh crore | then (by 2006) | as per the report | book value then (of properties) | Rs. 6000 crores (a 50-year-old estimated then in 2006).
  • But all this land | generated only | Rs 163 crores of income then | or 2.7% of the 50-year-old book value of the land.
  • The report said then | an efficient use of these properties | could generated Rs 12,000 crores per year | or 10% of the market value of the land.
  • An efficient use of these properties | had the ability to generate 20% return | said the report | quoting efficient use of Waqf properties at some places.

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