Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.There will be no subsidy for Haj from this year,
Mr. Naqvi told reporters that despite the subsidy withdrawal, a record number of 1.75 lakh Muslims will undertake the pilgrimage this year from India. “This is part of our policy to empower minorities with dignity and without appeasement,” Mr. Naqvi told reporters and cited a host of measures for the welfare of minorities.
Mr. Naqvi also said that the Saudi Arabian government has in-principle agreed to allow Haj journey from India by ships and officials of the two countries will sit together to finalise the modalities.
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