Centre scraps Haj subsidy, says funds will be used for community's welfare

SC asked govt to phase out the subsidy by 2022, but the govt is doing away with it in 2018 as a symbol of its "empowerment without appeasement" commitment

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Archis Mohan
Last Updated : Jan 17 2018 | 2:05 AM IST


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