Under the chairmanship of the new Chairman AmanatullahKhan, the Delhi Waqf Board is preparing itself to revise the rent of it’s properties for the boosting of resources and to undertake welfare programmes for the upliftment of the Muslim community in Delhi. Amanatullah Khan was working on the revision of rent as per the new lease rules. The new rules provide for 2.5 percent of the area circle rate as rent for commercial purposes and 2 percent for residential properties.
Rents of Waqf board properties has not been revised for many years and has been scattered across the city. Khan has directed to revise the rates as per the Waqf Properties Lease (Amendment) Rules, 2014. If the rent is revised then the income of the Waqf board will rise up to crores of rupees. Right now, the monthly income of the board is 11lakhs per month. It should be noted here that the Waqf board owns various properties. This includes shops in commercial areas, residential properties, lands and graveyards across the city. Most of the properties of the board situated in the old areas of the city have a meagre income. The revised rent would be RS 600 per square metre in commercial spaces and Rs 180 per square metre in residential housings.
The Sachar Committee report had evaluated Delhi Waqf Board properties at Rs. 1000 crore and above that. The monthly income of the board had gone up to RS 1.25 crore from 7 – 8 lakhs per month during the tenure of Khan in 2016.
Courtesy/By: Subhalagna Choudhury
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16 Sep 2018
