{"id":18925,"date":"2018-01-17T04:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T04:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=18925"},"modified":"2018-01-17T04:48:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T04:48:15","slug":"centre-ends-haj-subsidy-for-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/centre-ends-haj-subsidy-for-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre ends Haj subsidy for pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi confirmed that the Haj subsidy has been withdrawn<br \/>\nThe government said the decision is part of its agenda of empowerment of minorities without appeasement<br \/>\nHaj subsidy will be used for educational empowerment and welfare of girls from minority communities&#8221;<\/strong><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nNEW DELHI: Haj pilgrims will no longer receive any subsidy this year onwards, with the government saying the decision is part of its agenda of empowerment of minorities without appeasement.<br \/>\nUnion minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday confirmed that the Haj subsidy has been withdrawn.<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;This is part of our policy to empower minorities with dignity and without appeasement,&#8221; Naqvi told reporters.<br \/>\nA policy to withdraw the Haj subsidy had been drafted in light of a 2012 Supreme Court order asking the Centre to abolish it gradually by 2022.<br \/>\nThe government will offer air and waterways option for the pilgrims as cost will go up.<br \/>\nThe cut in funds meant for subsidy will be used for educational empowerment and welfare of girls from minority communities, Naqvi told to media.<br \/>\nThe policy aims at rationalising distribution of the Haj quota between the Haj Committee of India and private tour operators in the ratio of 70:30 for the next five years. It also stresses on breaking the cartel of contractors with a transparent bidding process.<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- punjabnews24 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6565419310935097\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6948863062\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The highest number of pilgrims are likely to go for Haj pilgrimage in 2018, after Saudi Arabia hiked India&#8217;s pilgrim quota by 5,000 earlier this year. Now, a total of 1.75 lakh Indian citizens can go for Haj.<br \/>\nAround 1,300 women from India will make the annual pilgrimage without a &#8220;Mehram&#8221; (unmarriageable male kin) after Riyadh relaxed norms and allowed a group of at least four women over the age of 45 to go on Haj unchaperoned.<\/p>\n<p>It seems this decision of the Govt to withdraw Haj subsidy could be read as implied in this Vedic astrology writer&#8221;s one of predictions in article- &#8220;Astrologically speaking , some highlights for India in coming year 2018&#8243; &#8211; published last year at theindiapost.com on 19 October , 2017. It was said : &#8211; &#8221; The year 2018 looks to be bringing to focus themes of political , religious or spiritual nature for a heightened or sharp analysis or discussion. Such analysis or discussion could also pave way for new enactments or judicial pronouncements having far reaching significance or value , covering issues related to women , religion and political class&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Union minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi confirmed that the Haj subsidy has been withdrawn The government said the decision is part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312,411,315],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-religion","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18927,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18925\/revisions\/18927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}