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Haj quota to be based on 2011 census
The Haj Committee of India (HCR) at its meeting in Mumbai has decided to allot the Haj quota to all the states and Union Territories on the basis of 2011 Census, according to Telangana State Haj Committee Special Officer Prof S A Shukoor here on Saturday.
Hyderabad: The Haj Committee of India (HCR) at its meeting in Mumbai has decided to allot the Haj quota to all the states and Union Territories on the basis of 2011 Census, according to Telangana State Haj Committee Special Officer Prof S A Shukoor here on Saturday.
Prof Shukoor said in the recently held meeting of Chairmen and Executive Officers of all the states and Union Territories, he had proposed various measures for the welfare of the Haj pilgrims, including allotment of Haj quota on the basis of 2011 census, ending of compulsion of purchasing two suit cases each from Haj Committee of India,
compulsion of Qurbani through IDB by the HCI, doing away with the medical test for the Haj applicants and making it necessary for the selected Haj pilgrims only; making online the record of three years of all the Haj applicants, etc.
