An on-line workflow based Waqf Properties’ Management System

OBJECTIVE WAMSI Software System is developed, enhanced & maintained, to manage and to maintain up-to-date status of Waqf Properties through out their life cycles.

ADVANTAGE Introduce Efficiency in various processes of information delivery, transparency in sharing up-to-date information to the public on web-platform and to help in generating optimum revenue for the welfare of the weaker sections of the society in conformity with the noble concept of Waqf. Satellite Imageries driven Geographic Information System (GIS) based on GPS Coordinates of the vertices of Immovable Waqf Properties is seamlessly integrated with WAMSI, which helps in identifying the encroachments (if any) over the period of time.

ASPECTS COVERED Registration of Waqf Estates & their Waqf Properties GPS Coordinates for the Layouts Physical Changes through Photographs Management/Mutawalli Changes Annual Waqf Property Returns Annual Welfare Measures undertaken Annual Administrative Contribution to the Waqf Boards Transparent Leasing of Waqf Properties Rent Collections & Reminders Litigation Cases Tracking & Date of Hearing Reminders Digital Preservation of Ownership Rights Documents

CREDIT GOES TO Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India for initiating the Project in the year 2009 in close consultation with National Informatics Centre (NIC), a premier Government of India organization. NIC is an e-Governance Technology Partner at all levels of Governance in India since 1976.

SOCIAL IMPACT As per the central concept of the Waqf, the Income generated from Waqf Properties should be utilized for the welfare of the needy, marginalized and under-privilege sections of the society in the name of Almighty. Therefore, if the revenue is generated optimally with the objective of maximizing it, out of well managed Waqf Properties and put to best use like creation of Institutions such as Hospitals, Dispensaries, Universities, Colleges, Schools, Skill Development Centers besides maintaining religious institutions (viz., Mosques, Madarsas, Darghahs, Burial Grounds, etc) then most of the financial & social problems faced by needy, marginalized and under-privilege sections of the society, will be weeded out.

WAMSI PRODUCTS WAMSI On-line System, WAMSI Public Interface, WAMSI DMS System, WAMSI DMS- BDU Utility.

TECHNOLOGIES USED Web-based Universal Access, Open Source Technologies, Linux Operating System, Apache & Tomcat Web Servers, Java Programming Language, PostgreSQL Database, Google Satellite Imageries, DSpace Technologies for DMS.

PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING WAMSI System is designed, developed, enhanced and maintained on the basis of best practices followed in various State/UT Waqf Boards in India after re-engineered workflows.

SHOW CASE A first hand experience of WAMSI System can be had on the Public Interface @ http://wamsi.nic.in/ for searching and knowing the current status of the Waqf Properties either through location search or their unique Waqf IDs.

USEFULL TO OTHER SECTORS WAMSI System could be utilized for other sectors where Immovable & Movable Properties are treated as Public Assets and therefore, their protection, tracking of revenue & legal cases, are the major challenges. In such scenarios WAMSI System could play a very vital role in managing the affairs of such Properties. WAMSI System could be customized as per the requirements of such Applications on nominal cost basis by NIC-PMU (WAMSI) Team.

USEFULL TO OTHER COUNTRIES WAMSI System could be very useful to other interested countries where Islamic Concept of Waqf is prevalent and in practice particularly in the West Asian, South Asian and South-Eastern Countries like Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cocos, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, ………….

FOR FURTHER DETAILS – CONTACT Shri H. P. Sharma, Dy. Director General (NIC) & Chairperson, WAMSI Project Management Committee, NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE (HQRS), GoI, Room No.3, GIS Hall, 1st Floor, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, NEW DELHI-110003. Email: hpsharma@nic.in, Phone: +91-11-24363389

Or, Shri Naeem Ahmed, Technical Director (NIC) & National WAMSI Project Coordinator, NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE (HQRS), GoI, Room No.359, A3B4 Bay, 3rd Floor, A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,NEW DELHI-110003. Email: naeem@nic.in, Phone: +91-11-24305346

In the Year 2003, an Encroachment near boundary detected

In the Year 2005, an Encroachment near boundary cleared.