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Government Proposes Major Reforms to Waqf Board, Mandates Women Members
The two Bills would enable the initiation of reforms in the Waqf Board that has provisions for making it mandatory to have at least two women members on the Board.
Proposed Amendments to Waqf Law Include Major Reforms and New Act Name
The Waqf Amendment Bill, which is to be placed in the Lok Sabha shortly, has also proposed to rename the Waqf Act of 1995 as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.
AIMPLB Vows to Resist Any Limitations on Waqf Boards' Authority
The AIMPLB strongly opposed any amendments in the Waqf Act, 2013, having a view to affect a change in the status of Waqf properties or paving the way for their takeover by the government or private persons.
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