A Parliamentary panel has recommended enlarging the composition of the Central Wakf Council to include women, professionals and experts.

The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in its report presented to Parliament today, recommended the conditional transfer of the land belonging to Wakf for public welfare.

Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the Committee Chairman, Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz said that either the prevailing market value plus reasonable additional payment should be made as compensation in lieu of acquired property or equally valuable land should be provided.