New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said Rs 57 crore less will be paid to airlines this year for Haj pilgrims travelling through the Haj Committee of India even after the ending of subsidy for the pilgrimage.
He said that despite the removal of the Haj subsidy and various new taxes imposed in Saudi Arabia, Indians were going for the pilgrimage without any additional financial burden.
At a training camp for Haj Coordinators, Assistant Haj Officers or Haj Assistants in the national capital, the Union minister said that for the first time after the Independence, a record 1,75,025 Indians were going for Haj this year, of which 47 per cent are female, which is another record.
Last year, Rs 1,030 crore was paid to airlines as air fare for 1,24,852 Haj pilgrims, while this year, Rs 973 crore will be paid to airlines for 1,28,702 Haj pilgrims travelling through the Haj Committee of India, Naqvi said.
“Rs 57 crore less will be paid to airlines this year even after ending the Haj subsidy,” a statement from his office quoted the minister as saying at the event.
30/06/18 PTI/Indian Express
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
He said that despite the removal of the Haj subsidy and various new taxes imposed in Saudi Arabia, Indians were going for the pilgrimage without any additional financial burden.
At a training camp for Haj Coordinators, Assistant Haj Officers or Haj Assistants in the national capital, the Union minister said that for the first time after the Independence, a record 1,75,025 Indians were going for Haj this year, of which 47 per cent are female, which is another record.
Last year, Rs 1,030 crore was paid to airlines as air fare for 1,24,852 Haj pilgrims, while this year, Rs 973 crore will be paid to airlines for 1,28,702 Haj pilgrims travelling through the Haj Committee of India, Naqvi said.
“Rs 57 crore less will be paid to airlines this year even after ending the Haj subsidy,” a statement from his office quoted the minister as saying at the event.
30/06/18 PTI/Indian Express
0 comments:
Post a Comment