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{{Short description|Indian legislative bill}}
{{For|Waqf (Islamic Law)|Waqf|}}{{Short description|Indian legislative bill}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
 
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
 
{{Infobox legislation
| legislature    = [[Parliament of India]]
| long_title    = A bill further to amend the Waqf Act, 1995.
| territorial_extent = {{flag|Republic of India}}
| enacted_by    = [[Lok Sabha]]
| date_passed    = {{start date|df=yes|2025|4|3}}
| enacted_by2    = [[Rajya Sabha]]
| date_passed2  = {{start date|df=yes|2025|4|4}}
| signed_by      =
| date_signed    =
| date_commenced =
| bill          = Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
| bill_citation  = [https://sansad.in/getFile/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/THE%20WAQF%20(AMENDMENT)%20BILL,%20202488202441731PM.pdf?source=legislation Bill No. 109 of 2024]
| introduced_by  = [[Kiren Rijiju]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]) {{br}} ({{small|[[Minister of Minority Affairs]]}})
| date_introduced = {{start date|df=yes|2024|8|8}}
| 1st_reading    = {{start date|df=yes|2024|8|9}}
| committee_post1st = 30 January 2025{{efn|1=Final report recommended by Joint Parliamentary Committee was submitted to the [[Speaker of Lok Sabha]].}}
| 2nd_reading    = {{start date|df=yes|2025|4|2}}
| committee_whole_label =
| passed        = 3 April 2025
| passed_for    = 288
| passed_against = 232
| passed_abstention = 0
| committee_report = [[Joint Parliamentary Committee]]
| date_introduced2 = 3 April 2025
| 1st_reading2  = 3 April 2025
| passed2        = 4 April 2025
| passed2_for    = 128
| passed2_against = 95
| passed2_abstention = 0
| amends        = [https://minorityaffairs.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/1658314219.pdf Waqf Act, 1995]
| status        = in force
}}


'''The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024''' was introduced in the Indian [[Lok Sabha]] on 8 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/centre-introduces-waqf-amendment-bill-2024-what-is-the-bill-about-key-features-and-more-440689-2024-08-08|title=Centre introduces Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: What is the bill about, key features and more.|date=8 August 2024|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-amendment-bill-bjp-allies-jdu-tdp-to-support-the-bill/article68500550.ece|title=Waqf Act Amendment Bill: NDA allies JD(U) and TDP support Waqf Bill for transparency, not interference with mosques, in Lok Sabha.|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-referred-to-joint-parliamentary-panel-after-opposition-calls-it-draconian-and-an-attack-on-the-constitution/article68502262.ece|title=Waqf Bill referred to joint parliamentary panel after Opposition calls it 'draconian' and an attack on the Constitution|first=The Hindu|last=Bureau|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref> It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995.<ref name="k670">{{cite web | title=Government introduces bill to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 | website=ANI News | date=2024-08-08 | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/government-introduces-bill-to-repeal-mussalman-wakf-act-192320240808183415/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref> The Act regulates [[Central Waqf Council|waqf property in India]], and defines [[Waqf]] as an endowment of [[movable property|movable]] or [[immovable property]] for purposes considered pious, religious, or charitable under [[Muslim law]]. Every state is required to constitute a Waqf Board to manage waqf. The Bill renames the Act to '''‘United Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995’ (UWMEEDA 1995).'''
'''The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024''' was introduced in the Indian [[Lok Sabha]] on 8 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/centre-introduces-waqf-amendment-bill-2024-what-is-the-bill-about-key-features-and-more-440689-2024-08-08|title=Centre introduces Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: What is the bill about, key features and more.|date=8 August 2024|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-amendment-bill-bjp-allies-jdu-tdp-to-support-the-bill/article68500550.ece|title=Waqf Act Amendment Bill: NDA allies JD(U) and TDP support Waqf Bill for transparency, not interference with mosques, in Lok Sabha.|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-referred-to-joint-parliamentary-panel-after-opposition-calls-it-draconian-and-an-attack-on-the-constitution/article68502262.ece|title=Waqf Bill referred to joint parliamentary panel after Opposition calls it 'draconian' and an attack on the Constitution|first=The Hindu|last=Bureau|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref> It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995.<ref name="k670">{{cite web | title=Government introduces bill to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 | website=ANI News | date=2024-08-08 | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/government-introduces-bill-to-repeal-mussalman-wakf-act-192320240808183415/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref> The Act regulates [[Central Waqf Council|waqf property in India]], and defines [[Waqf]] as an endowment of [[movable property|movable]] or [[immovable property]] for purposes considered pious, religious, or charitable under [[Muslim law]]. Every state is required to constitute a Waqf Board to manage waqf. The Bill renames the Act to '''‘United Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995’ (UWMEEDA 1995).'''
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