NATIONAL HERO — PETAL 001
🗓️ April 28, 2025

Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025: Reform and Resistance

🪷 Thematic Focus: Constitution, Governance, Minorities

🌿 Intro Whisper:
A law once cloaked in silence has stirred the wind — as Parliament rewrites the rules of sacred trusts, voices rise in harmony and dissent. Is this the sound of reform, or a rift in the script of secular balance?

🪔 Key Highlights:

• The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 has been passed in Parliament to improve governance of waqf properties.
• Mandates representation of at least two Muslim women on each Waqf Board (Central & State).
• Ensures inclusion of diverse Muslim sects in State Waqf Boards.
• Introduces mandatory digitization and transparent audits of waqf land and financial transactions.
• Empowers State Waqf Boards to reclaim encroached land swiftly via district administration.
• Critics fear excessive executive control, dilution of community autonomy, and potential misuse.
• Debates arise around the balance between administrative reform and minority rights.

📘 GS Paper Mapping:
GS II – Polity & Governance
GS I – Indian Society (Minority Issues)

🌌 A Thought Spark — by IAS Monk:
When you reform the sacred, tread gently. For every stone turned carries the memory of both devotion and distrust.

Shall I proceed to Petal 002 in the same format now?

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