Waqf law by state: the Act, the rules and each board
The central waqf law after the 2025 amendment, the UMEED portal, and every state waqf board with its official website and state rules. Pick your state.
Published 28 Sept 2026
Every masjid, madrasa or graveyard held as waqf answers to two layers of law: the central Act and rules, which apply across India, and a State Waqf Board that registers the waqf, collects its annual contribution and supervises its accounts. This page links the official text of each, as published by the ministry, the court and the boards themselves.
The central law
The Waqf Act, 1995 is the principal law. It was amended in 2025 and renamed the UMEED Act, and the central rules made under it came into force in July 2025.
Your state’s waqf board
Pick your state to see its waqf board, the board’s official website and the state’s own waqf rules where they are published.
What the 2025 amendment asks of a mahallu
- Register on the UMEED portal. Every waqf and its property details go on the central portal. Existing waqfs had six months from the portal’s launch, until 6 December 2025.
- File the annual accounts online by 1 October. The mutawalli files the statement of accounts on the portal each year. A waqf with income below ₹1 lakh files a shorter form.
- Pay the board’s contribution. Up to 5% of net annual income, for a waqf whose net income is ₹5,000 or more.
- Keep the property records current. Leases, rents and changes to waqf property are recorded on the portal, which added survey and lease sections in January 2026.
What the Supreme Court has stayed
The amendment is under challenge before the Supreme Court. In its interim order of 15 September 2025 the court declined to stay the Act as a whole but put these parts on hold until it decides:
- The condition that a person must have practised Islam for at least five years to create a waqf.
- The rule that a property stops being treated as waqf while a government officer inquires into it, and the revenue-record corrections that follow.
- Any dispossession or change in records until the Waqf Tribunal decides the title, with no rights created for anyone else in the meantime.
It also limited non-Muslim members to four of 22 on the Central Waqf Council and three of 11 on a State Waqf Board. As of September 2026 the case is still pending.
Keeping the records the board asks for
The board asks for the same things every year: the property, its income, the contribution due and the accounts behind them. InflowBooks, which we make, keeps a waqf property register with rents and leases, and works out the annual contribution from the year’s income, so the figures for the portal are ready when the filing opens.
Common questions
Is the Waqf Act, 1995 still in force?
Yes, under a new name. The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 came into force on 8 April 2025 and renamed the 1995 Act the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995, shortened to the UMEED Act. It is the same Act with its amendments, so older references to the Waqf Act, 1995 still point to it.
What is the UMEED portal?
The central online portal run by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, where waqf properties are registered and their details, annual accounts and audit are filed. The mutawalli of each waqf, or the committee acting as mutawalli, files through it.
How much does a waqf pay the State Waqf Board each year?
After the 2025 amendment, section 72 caps the annual contribution at 5% of the net annual income of a waqf whose net income is at least ₹5,000. It was 7% before. Older pages on some board websites still show the old rate, so go by the amended Act and your board’s current notice.
When are a waqf’s annual accounts due?
Under rule 12 of the UMEED Rules, 2025, the mutawalli files the annual statement of accounts online on the portal by 1 October each year. A waqf with an annual income below ₹1 lakh files a shorter form.
We missed the deadline to upload our waqf property. What now?
The six-month window for existing waqfs to upload their details closed on 6 December 2025. The Supreme Court declined to extend it for everyone and left individual cases to the Waqf Tribunal, which can allow more time. Ask your State Waqf Board or a lawyer about applying to the Tribunal in your state.
Is this page legal advice?
No. It collects the official sources in one place so a committee can read them. For a decision about your own waqf, go by the text of the Act and rules, your State Waqf Board, and a lawyer who practises before the Waqf Tribunal.