Over 6.17 lakh Waqf properties approved on UMEED portal
Not every dargah can be considered a waqf property: Madras High CourtAccording to the Ministry, 6,17,102 properties have been validated and approved, while 91,623 properties remain at various stages of the uploading process. Another 91,253 properties were rejected during the verification process. State and Union Territory-wise details of the registration status are available on the UMEED portal.Complete lifecycleThe Minister said the UMEED Central Portal-2025 was a statutory portal developed under the provisions of the UMEED Act, 1995.
- ▪Not every dargah can be considered a waqf property: Madras High CourtAccording to the Ministry, 6,17,102 properties have been validated and approved, while 91,623 properties remain at various stages of the uploading process.
- ▪Another 91,253 properties were rejected during the verification process.
- ▪State and Union Territory-wise details of the registration status are available on the UMEED portal.Complete lifecycleThe Minister said the UMEED Central Portal-2025 was a statutory portal developed under the provisions of the UMEED Act, 19
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The Ministry of Minority Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (July 22, 2026) that more than 6.17 lakh Waqf properties have been successfully validated and approved on the UMEED Central Portal-2025 as part of the government’s ongoing initiative to digitise and streamline Waqf property records.Responding to an unstarred question raised by All India Trinamool Congress MP Sajda Ahmed, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that 7,99,978 Waqf properties had been initiated for uploading to the UMEED portal as of July 17, 2026. Not every dargah can be considered a waqf property: Madras High CourtAccording to the Ministry, 6,17,102 properties have been validated and approved, while 91,623 properties remain at various stages of the uploading process.
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