Properties Of Those Who Migrated To Pakistan During Partition To Be Put To Public Use
The Centre has allowed the state governments to use the enemy properties for public use. The enemy properties refer to the property of the people who migrated to Pakistan during partition and also to China after the Sino-India war in 1962. The move has come amid the Centres bid to sell these properties which are more than 9400 in numbers.
The Centre has allowed the state governments to use the enemy properties for "public use". The enemy properties refer to the property of the people who migrated to Pakistan during partition and also to China after the Sino-India war in 1962, the PTI reported quoted the concerned officials on Monday.
The move has come amid the Centre's bid to sell these properties which are more than 9,400 in numbers with a worth of over Rs 1 lakh crore and Rs 3000 crore of the enemy shares.
The guidelines for disposal of the Enemy Property Order 2018 has been amended to facilitate the "usages of enemy property by the state government exclusively for public use", according to a notification issued by the home ministry.
BCCL/Representational Image
In India there are 9,280 such properties which were left behind by people who went to Pakistan and 126 such properties were left by the Chinese nationals, an official of the ministry said.
Out of the total properties left by people who went to Pakistan, 4,991 are located in UP which is highest in the country followed by West Bengal with 2, 735 properties and Delhi with 487 such properties.
Of the total properties left behind by those who took Pakistani citizenship, 4,991 are located in Uttar Pradesh, the highest in the country. West Bengal has 2,735 such estates and Delhi 487.
Out of the total 126 properties which belonged the Chinese nationals, 57 are in Meghalaya, West Bengal has 29 and Assam seven.
"The estimated value of all enemy properties is approximately Rs 1 lakh crore," Union minister of state for home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir had told the Rajya Sabha last year.
BCCL/Representational Image
The Central government last month had constituted a high-level committee to recommend the price, price band and quantum of the enemy shares which are worth Rs 3,000 crore.
A total of 996 companies with 20,323 shareholders with a total 6,50, 75, 877 shares are under the Custodian of Enemy Property for India.
Of these companies, 588 are still functional and 139 are listed and the remaining are unlisted.
