Government starts process of eviction and sale of enemy properties

The Union Home Ministry has started the process for eviction and sale of enemy properties the immovable assets left behind by people who have taken citizenship of Pakistan and ChinaThere are a total of 12611 establishments called enemy property roughly estimated to be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore in the countryThe enemy properties are vested with the Custodian of Enemy Property for India CEPI an authority created under the Enemy Property ActAccording to a Home ministry notification the guidelines for disposal of the enemy properties have been changed under which the process for eviction of enemy properties now shall be initiated with the help of the District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner concerned before the sale of propertiesIn case of the enemy properties valued below Rs 1 crore the custodian shall offer for purchase to the occupant first and if offer of purchase is refused by the occupant then the enemy property shall be disposed of in accordance with the procedure specified in the guidelines the notification saidThose enemy properties having valuation of Rs one crore and below Rs 100 crore shall be disposed of by the CEPI through eauction or otherwise as may be decided by the central government and at the rate determined by the Enemy Property Disposal CommitteeThe eauction platform of public enterprise the Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited shall be used by the CEPI for eauction of enemy properties the home ministry saidThe government has earned over Rs 3400 crore from disposal of enemy properties mostly movable assets like shares and gold officials saidAlso Read Pak police launch major operation at former PM Imran Khans Lahore residenceNone of the 12611 immovable enemy property has been monetised so far by the governmentThe Home ministry has already launched a national survey of enemy properties spread across 20 states and three Union Territories with a purpose to identify and subsequently monetise all such propertiesThe firstofitskind national survey by the Directorate General of Defence Estates DGDE will assess the present condition and value of the enemy properties identified by the CEPIThe government formed a Group of Ministers GoM headed by Union Home minister Amit Shah in 2020 to supervise monetisation of enemy propertiesOut of the 12611 properties vested with the CEPI a total of 12485 were related to Pakistani nationals and 126 to Chinese citizensThe highest number of enemy properties were found in Uttar Pradesh 6255 properties followed by West Bengal 4088 properties Delhi 659 Goa 295Maharashtra 208 Telangana 158 Gujarat 151 Tripura 105 Bihar 94 Madhya Pradesh 94 Chhattisgarh 78 and Haryana 71There are 71 enemy properties in Kerala 69 in Uttarakhand 67 in Tamil Nadu 57 in Meghalaya 29 in Assam 24 in Karnataka 22 in Rajasthan 10 in Jharkhand four in Daman and Diu and one each in Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar IslandsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever