New Delhi: The Centre has allowed state governments to put to “public use” some enemy properties that were left behind by people who migrated to Pakistan since the Partition and to China after the 1962 Sino-Indian war, officials said. The move comes amid the central government’s efforts to sell more than 9,400 enemy properties, worth over Rs 1 lakh cr and Rs 3,000 cr worth of enemy shares.
The guidelines for disposal of the Enemy Property Order, 2018, has been amended to facilitate “usages of enemy property by for public use”, according to a notification issued by the Home Ministry. Enemy properties are those left behind by the people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China.
