Historic Day for India’s Waqf Properties: UMEED Portal Upload Phase Successfully Closed – Over 5.17 Lakh Properties Now on Digital Record!

In a massive step towards transparency and modern governance, the six-month deadline to upload all Waqf properties on the UMEED Central Portal ended on Saturday, 6 December 2025. This is being hailed as one of the biggest digital reforms ever in India’s Waqf system.

Launched by Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju on 6 June 2025, the portal gave exactly six months (as ordered by the Supreme Court and the Waqf Act) for every State Waqf Board to register their properties online.

Final Scorecard (as on 6 Dec midnight)

• Total properties started on portal: 5,17,040
• Properties approved & locked: 2,16,905
• Properties submitted & waiting for final approval: 2,13,941
• Properties rejected during checking: 10,869

In the last few days and hours, uploads happened at lightning speed because of non-stop push from the top. Secretary Dr Chandra Shekhar Kumar himself held more than 20 review meetings, sent senior teams to every state, organised 7 big zonal meetings, and ran a 24×7 helpline.

Special two-day training camps were held in Delhi so officers could learn the portal hands-on. Many states worked through the night on 5–6 December to meet the deadline.

Why this is a VERY BIG DEAL

For the first time in India, more than 5 lakh Waqf properties – mosques, dargahs, graveyards, schools, and land – are now on one single, transparent digital platform. No more paper files getting lost or illegal grabbing of Waqf land. Anyone can check online what belongs to Waqf and what doesn’t.

This is the foundation of the new Waqf law reforms promised by the government – complete transparency, zero corruption, and proper use of Waqf money for education and welfare of the poor.

Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “Today is a historic day. We have brought centuries-old Waqf properties into the digital age in just six months.”

The next phase will start soon – verification of remaining properties, geo-tagging with maps, and linking Aadhaar of mutawallis.