Why give allowance only for Haj? Why not you give same amount for Hindus who wants to travel to Amarnath , Vaishno Devi, ManaSarovar or Tirupathi or Shirdi. Or irrespective of these religions ban all these non productive expenditure , which is no way going to help the nation & wasting the tax payer's hard earned money. Governements should stop all these appeasements to catch votes