In a landmark proposal based on modern marketing methodology, Shia Waqf Board Advisory Committee has suggested allotment of targets to Waqf Inspectors so as to increase the revenue earning of the Board. This was informed by Zaheer Abbas Naqvi, the newly appointed CEO, who has taken over the responsibility after spending 27 years with the State Information Department.
Talking to The Hi Time Express, Naqvi elaborated on the urgent need for higher revenue earning to solve the problems afflicting the board. Rs. 20 lakh have been sanctioned by the State Government but the money is yet to arrive. Even when it would come, nearly all the money will get consumed in payment of salaries, overdue since several months.
Waqf Boards all over the country get 6 per cent of all income through Waqf properties. This income is used to run the Board expenses. This being an insignificant amount, the Board invariably falls short of money and has to remain dependent on State grants to run its expenses. Allotment of Targets to Inspectors would mean more income and hence less dependence on Government, says Naqvi.
Talking about the challenges facing the Board, Naqvi says that nearly all Waqf properties today are engulfed in controversies. There is encroachment and land-grabbing happening everywhere. Removing the unauthorized encroachments and appointing honest mutawallis (custodians) in stead is the biggest challenge that he would have to undertake, feels Naqvi.
There are mutawallis who have been identified as dishonest. Waqf Board will take report of Inspectors and also from the District Administration and initiate the process to remove them and take remedial action once the Board is satisfied about the veracity of complaints against them.
Pending salaries of employees is another area of concern for Naqvi. If the employees are not motivated, it is not possible to involve them in fruitful work. In order to make the Board self-sufficient, the Vikas Samiti of the Board has given another interesting proposal regarding development of Waqf properties located at strategic locations through builders. Proper utilization of these lands will not only stop encroachment but also enhance the revenue earning of these properties. After all, those who pledged these properties to Waqf wanted that money should keep coming for meeting their respective desired objectives, says Naqvi, and development of properties is also in larger interest of those cherished goals.
Talking to The Hi Time Express, Naqvi elaborated on the urgent need for higher revenue earning to solve the problems afflicting the board. Rs. 20 lakh have been sanctioned by the State Government but the money is yet to arrive. Even when it would come, nearly all the money will get consumed in payment of salaries, overdue since several months.
Waqf Boards all over the country get 6 per cent of all income through Waqf properties. This income is used to run the Board expenses. This being an insignificant amount, the Board invariably falls short of money and has to remain dependent on State grants to run its expenses. Allotment of Targets to Inspectors would mean more income and hence less dependence on Government, says Naqvi.
Talking about the challenges facing the Board, Naqvi says that nearly all Waqf properties today are engulfed in controversies. There is encroachment and land-grabbing happening everywhere. Removing the unauthorized encroachments and appointing honest mutawallis (custodians) in stead is the biggest challenge that he would have to undertake, feels Naqvi.
There are mutawallis who have been identified as dishonest. Waqf Board will take report of Inspectors and also from the District Administration and initiate the process to remove them and take remedial action once the Board is satisfied about the veracity of complaints against them.
Pending salaries of employees is another area of concern for Naqvi. If the employees are not motivated, it is not possible to involve them in fruitful work. In order to make the Board self-sufficient, the Vikas Samiti of the Board has given another interesting proposal regarding development of Waqf properties located at strategic locations through builders. Proper utilization of these lands will not only stop encroachment but also enhance the revenue earning of these properties. After all, those who pledged these properties to Waqf wanted that money should keep coming for meeting their respective desired objectives, says Naqvi, and development of properties is also in larger interest of those cherished goals.
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