Friday, 11 July 2014

India allotted Hajj pilgrimage quota of nearly 99,000

The Indian government has announced that the allotment of quota for Hajj pilgrimages this year is available on the official website of the Haj Committee of India

Specific priority has been allowed for the pilgrimage this year for the following categories:

Reserved Category A: 70+ applicants: applicants who have completed 70 years or more as on 31 January 2014 (i.e. applicants born on or before 1st February 1944), along with one companion.

Reserved Category B: Fourth timer applicants: An applicant who has applied in each of the last three years, 2011, 2012, 2013 but was not selected in Qurrah or was selected, but could not proceed for Hajj.

Individual state quotas are as follows: 

1435 / 2014

No.
STATE
TOTAL    QUOTA
1
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
123
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
5,580
3
ASSAM
3,781
4
BIHAR
6,667
5
CHANDIGARH
55
6
CHHATTISGARH
328
7
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
28
8
DAMAN & DIU
41
9
DELHI
1,297
10
GOA
154
11
GUJARAT
3,668
12
HARYANA
977
13
HIMACHAL PRADESH
81
14
JAMMU & KASHMIR
6,925
15
JHARKHAND
2,980
16
KARNATAKA
5,162
17
KERALA
6,280
18
LAKSHADWEEP
296
19
MADHYA PRADESH
3,067
20
MAHARASTRA
8,202
21
MANIPUR
302
22
ORISSA
608
23
PONDICHERRY
135
24
PUNJAB
305
25
RAJASTHAN
3,823
26
TAMIL NADU
2,772
27
TRIPURA
85
28
UTTAR PRADESH
24,550
29
UTTARAKHAND
809
30
WEST BENGAL
9,906

TOTAL
98,987