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ARTICLE · 22 APRIL 2019

Highlights And Analysis Of The Enemy Property (Amendment And Validation) Bill, 2016

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Recently, the Central Government has identified almost 9,400 enemy properties worth Rs. One Lakh Crore and has ordered to sell it off.

IndiaGovernment, Public Sector
Shubham Borkar
Shubham Borkar
Vaishvi Khare
Vaishvi Khare
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Introduction

Recently, the Central Government has identified almost 9,400 enemy properties worth Rs. One Lakh Crore and has ordered to sell it off. The Highest of these enemy properties are in Uttar Pradesh which in numbers are around 4,991 properties, second in line is West Bengal which has 2,735 enemy properties, 487 enemy properties are in Delhi. Among these 126 properties belonged to Chinese resident's rest the properties belonged to the Pakistanis Residents1. Furthermore, the Ministry has also passed an order to sell enemy shares expected value of which is around of Rs. 3,000 Crore2.

The first question that needs to be answered in reference to this is, what do you mean by the term Enemy Property?

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