Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched the UMEED Central Portal — a groundbreaking digital initiative aimed at ensuring real-time uploading, verification, and monitoring of Waqf properties across India.
UMEED (Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development) aims to streamline Waqf property management to ensure fair usage, particularly for the benefit of poor Muslims, women, and children.
To ensure accountability, the portal will create a digital inventory with geo-tagging of all Waqf properties, online grievance redressal system for better responsiveness, transparent leasing and usage tracking, integration with GIS mapping and other e-Governance tools, public access to verified records and reports among others.
Union MoS George Kurian who was also present on the occasion here called the launch a “historic step,” asserting that the system will prevent misuse and ensure properties serve their original charitable purposes, said a statement here.
At the same time, Union Ministry Affairs Secretary Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar noted the portal’s potential to support education, healthcare, livelihood, and welfare for underprivileged Muslim communities.
