Central Waqf Council, India is an Indian statutory body established in 1964 by the Government of India under the Waqf Act, 1954 (now a subsection of the Waqf Act, 1995) for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the State Waqf Boards and proper administration of the Waqfs in the country. Waqf is a permanent dedication of movable or immovable properties for religious, pious or charitable purposes as recognized by Muslim Law, given by philanthropists. The grant is known as mushrut-ul-khidmat, while a person making such dedication is known as Wakif. The Council The Council is headed by a Chairperson, who is the Union Minister in charge of Wakfs and there is a maximum of 20 other members, appointed by the Government of India as stipulated in the Wakf Act. State Waqf Boards The State Waqf Boards are established by the State Governments in view of the provisions of Section 9(1) of the Waqf Act, 1954. These work towards management, regulation and protect the Waqf properties by constituting District Waqf Committees, Mandal Waqf Committees and Committees for the individual Waqf Institutions. The Waqf Boards shall be body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property. In the case that more than fifteen per cent of the total number of waqf property is Shia waqf, or the income thereof is more than fifteen per cent, the Act envisages a separate Shia Waqf Board. Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board Assam Wakf Board Bihar Sunni and Shia Wakf Board Chhattisgarh Wakf Board Delhi Wakf Board Gujarat Wakf Board Haryana Waqf Board Himachal Wakf Board Jharkhand Wakf Board Karnataka Wakf Board Kerala Wakf Board Madhya Pradesh Wakf Board Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs Manipur Wakf Board Meghalaya Wakf Board Odisha Wakf Board Punjab Wakf Board Rajasthan Board of Muslim Wakfs Tamilnadu Wakf Board Tripura Wakf Board Telangana Waqf Board Uttarakhand Wakf Board Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board; Shia Wakf Board West Bengal Wakf Board Andaman Nicobar Wakf Board Chandigarh Wakf Board Laxdweep Wakf Board Dadra & Nagar Haveli Wakf Board Puducherry Wakf Board Presently there are thirty Wakf Boards across the country in twenty-eight states and Union territories. States such as Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim and the Union Territory Daman and Diu have no Wakf Board at present. The Waqf Act 1995 is not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.