Lok Sabha passes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024

The Lok Sabha, after a 12-hour debate, passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 with 288 MPs in favour and 232 opposing it. The Bill renamed the current 1995 Act to Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act and aims to improve the management of Waqf Boards and their properties. This amendment further brings in key changes, such as involving non-Muslims on Waqf Boards, representation of women and revising property declaration rules.