Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Maharashtra Waqf Board Expands Offices, Digitisation and Institutional Capacity
The Maharashtra State Board of Waqf says it is improving how Waqf institutions and properties are managed.
Waqf refers to charitable or religious properties and institutions.
The Board hired more permanent and contract workers.
It also opened more district offices so people can access services closer to home.
About 20,000 institutions were registered through a special administrative process.
The Board is putting property records online through the UMEED Portal.
It is also planning to map Waqf properties using geographic technology.
The Board says its income and government funding increased to support these activities.
It also reported new legal, welfare, recordkeeping and audit measures.
The Maharashtra State Board of Waqf recruited 60 permanent employees in February 2024 and increased contractual staff to 120.
Its administrative network grew from five regional and eight district offices to 27 District Waqf Offices.
The Board says it registered approximately 20,000 Waqf institutions through suo motu action and completed about 98% of Phase-II UMEED Portal work.
A ₹26 crore GIS mapping project was sanctioned, while Waqf Fund income reportedly rose from ₹5 crore to ₹20 crore.
The Board received ₹37.5 crore in government funding and highlighted legal, audit, welfare and coordination initiatives.
- Who
- The Maharashtra State Board of Waqf under Chairman Sameer Gulamnabi Kazi.
- What
- An institutional expansion and modernization programme involving staffing, district offices, registration, digitisation, property mapping, funding and legal administration.
- When
- The initiatives include measures taken from February 2024 onward; the release is dated September 11.
- Where
- Across Maharashtra, with the Board headquartered in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
- Why
- To strengthen Waqf governance, improve property administration, expand access to services and modernize records and internal operations.
- Permanent employees recruited
- 60 in February 2024
- District Waqf Offices
- Expanded to 27 from five regional and eight district offices
- Suo motu registrations
- Approximately 20,000 Waqf institutions under Section 43 of the Waqf Act, 1995
- UMEED Portal progress
- Approximately 98% of Phase-II work completed, according to the Board
- GIS mapping project
- Approximately ₹26 crore
- Government funding
- ₹37.5 crore sanctioned and disbursed
- Waqf Fund income
- Reportedly increased from approximately ₹5 crore to ₹20 crore