Govt sets up 3 High-level Committees to Monitor Disposal of Enemy Properties
The government has decided to set up three high-level committees to dispose of enemy properties.
1. Group of Ministers (GoM)
- The Group of Ministers (GoM) will be headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to monitor the disposal of over 9,400 enemy properties, which are likely to fetch about Rs 1 lakh crore to the exchequer.
Two other high-level committees will also be set up for disposal of immovable enemy properties vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property for India under the Enemy Property Act. It includes:
2. Inter-Ministerial Group
- It will be co-chaired by the Union Home Secretary (Ajay Bhalla) and the secretary of the department of investment and public asset management.
3. Core Group of Secretaries on Asset Monetisation (CGAM)
- It will be constituted under chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
Enemy properties
- Enemy properties were those left behind by the people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China.
- According to the new Act, enemy property refers to any property belonging to, held or managed on behalf of an enemy, an enemy subject or an enemy firm.
- There are 9,280 properties left behind by Pakistani nationals and 126 properties left behind by Chinese nationals.
- Among the 9,280 properties left behind by Pakistani nationals, the highest 4,991 properties are located in Uttar Pradesh followed by West Bengal which has 2,735 such estates. There are 487 such properties in Delhi.
- Among the 126 properties left behind by Chinese nationals, the highest 57 are located in Meghalaya followed by West Bengal with 29. Assam has seven such properties.