New Delhi: The Waqf bill is likely to come up before Parliament during the second half of the Budget Session after the Union Cabinet approved the amendments proposed by the joint committee of Parliament.
During its meeting on February 19, the Cabinet is learnt to have given its nod to the 14 amendments proposed by the panel examining the Bill, sources said.
The report of the panel, headed by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, was tabled in Parliament on February 13 amid uproar and a walkout by the opposition parties.
The Bill aims to streamline the registration of Waqf properties, besides preventing their misuse.
With the Cabinet nod, the Bill is likely to come up before Parliament during the second part of the session — scheduled to be held from March 10 to April 4.
