Pilgrim Quota

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  India, Saudi Arabia Ink Haj Agreement With Over 1.75 Lakh Pilgrim Quota For 2024

  India and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a bilateral agreement under which New Delhi has been allocated a quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims for the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024.

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  Quota For Vaishno Devi Pilgrims From Outside J&K Raised To 500 Daily: Official

  Nearly three weeks after the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district was reopened for pilgrimage, the shrine board has increased the quota for pilgrims from outside the Union Territory to 500 daily, officials said on Saturday.

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  Saudi Arabia Hikes India's Haj Quota, 2 Lakh Can Now Perform Pilgrimage

  Saudi Arabia on Wednesday increased India's Haj quota by about 25,000, the third hike in three years, taking the number of pilgrims from the country who can perform the pilgrimage to 2 lakh.

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  Tamil Naidu Requests Centre to Increase Hajj Pilgrims Quota

  Tamil Nadu government today requested the Centre to increase its quota of Hajj pilgrims for this year and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in this regard.

• Saudi Arabia cut in Haj quota to hit India's private tour operators

  With Saudi Arabia slashing by 20 percent the Haj quota for all foreign pilgrims this year, the Indian government on Monday decided to reduce the Haj seats of private tour operators.

• 1.7 lakh Indian pilgrims for Hajj this year

  Saudi Arabia has allotted a quota of 1.7 lakh pilgrims from India for Hajj this year, even as New Delhi made a formal request for an additional 10,000 slots.

• Supreme Court reduces government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims

  The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims to 300 from the 5,050 seats, proposed by it.

• VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut

  The Supreme Court on Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,500 to just 240. Judges Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said under the reduced quota, the Indian president can recommend 70 pilgrims, the vice-president 60, the prime minister 60 and the minister for external affairs 50 pilgrims.

• Akhilesh Yadav asks centre to raise UP's quota of Haj pilgrims

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has requested the central government to increase the quota of Haj pilgrims from the state. In a letter written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, Mr Yadav requested that the state be allowed to send at least 32,532 people on Haj, maintaining the quota of 2011.

• Centre raises Kerala's Haj quota

  The Centre has agreed to raise Kerala's Haj quota by 1031 this year, enabling a total of 7518 pilgrims from the state to fly to Mecca to perform the pilgrimage.

• Kerala regrets Centre rejecting plea for higher Haj quota

  Kerala has expressed disappointment over the Centre rejecting its request for raising the state's Haj quota by determining the number of pilgrims to be flown to Mecca on the basis of total number of applicants from each state.

• Kerala seeks higher Haj quota

  Kerala has requested the Centre to enhance its Haj quota by determining the number of pilgrims to be flown to Mecca on the basis of total number of applicants from each state.