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The central government has launched a National Survey of Enemy Properties across 20 states and union territories to identify and subsequently monetise properties of those who left India and adopted Chinese or Pakistani citizenship after wars with these countries..
Enemy properties are those left behind by people who took citizenship of Pakistan and China after leaving India during the partition and post the 1962 and 1965 wars..
According to a report by the Hindustan times, there are 12,611 assets, or enemy property, across 20 states and three union territories of which 12,485 are related to Pakistani nationals and 126 belong to Chinese citizens..
"The Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) has realised a total of 3,407.98 crore from the disposal of enemy properties which include 7,52,83,287 shares (for 2,708.9 crore) of 152 companies in 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22, and 699.08 crore as revenue receipts," according to a statement by Home Ministry..
