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Centre rules out slash in Haj subsidy S. Satyanarayanan Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 3
The Centre today ruled out any cut in the subsidy extended to Haj pilgrims and said arrangements had been put in place for 1.2 lakh Haj pilgrims this year.
The first flight, carrying 7,500 Haj pilgrims will be flagged off from Lucknow tomorrow. Union Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain will be the chief guest on the occasion, while Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Lalji Tandon will preside over the function.
“In all 38 return flights will be operated, four more than last year at a total fare subsidy of Rs 163 crore,” Mr Hussain said, adding “this subsidy is 16 times more than what the Congress government had extended in 1994.”
