India, Oct. 13 -- With 462 "enemy properties" identified in 11 districts of the state and the process of their detailed compilation almost completed, the central and state governments will soon put them in the public domain to facilitate their monetisation. The central government is also planning to amend the Enemy Property Act to weed out stumbling blocks such as encroachments and litigation that come in the way of auctioning the properties.

The Mumbai branch of the Custodian of Enemy Property for India (CEPI) and state government have, over the last couple of years, expedited the process of notifying the central government as CEPI. In the process, the revenue department has collated details related to the properties and the status of l...