The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 amended which Act to address issues and challenges in the regulation and management of waqf properties?

Correct option is C

Correct Answer: (c) Waqf Act, 1995

Explanation:

• The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 seeks to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, which is the primary legislation governing the administration, regulation, and management of waqf properties in India.
• The amendment addresses long-standing issues such as encroachment, transparency, digitisation, and improving the functioning of Waqf Boards.

Information Booster:

Key areas strengthened through the 2025 amendment include:

• Improved transparency through digital records and GIS mapping of waqf properties.
• Measures to prevent encroachment and illegal transfer of waqf land.
• Greater accountability of State Waqf Boards.
• Facilitation of development and better utilisation of waqf assets for community welfare.
• Streamlining of dispute-resolution mechanisms.

Additional Knowledge :

• (a) Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930:Validated earlier wakf transactions; now obsolete.
• (b) Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923:Dealt with administration of wakfs before independence; superseded by later acts.
• (d) Wakf Act, 1954:Earlier law regulating waqf properties but replaced by the Waqf Act, 1995, which consolidated and modernised the framework.