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JAMMU, Jan 9: India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>yearly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quota\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increased\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.75\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pilgrims<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Joint\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Secretary<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minority\u00a0<\/span>Affairs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nirupama\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kotru,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>Kashmiri\u00a0<\/span>Pandit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>member\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>delegation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Smriti\u00a0<\/span>Irani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>sign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>She\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Saudi\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>decided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quota\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first-time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1.75\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Agreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agreement’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>positive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aspect,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>come\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>J&K\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>priority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>waiting\u00a0<\/span>list\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cancels\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>application\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>list.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>trail\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indonesia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Even\u00a0<\/span>so,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Saudi\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>raise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>quota\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>starting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>MoS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Foreign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>V\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Murlidharan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Smriti\u00a0<\/span>Irani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oversaw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>arrangement.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>She\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noteworthy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>initiative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>perform\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Mehram,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wishing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>go\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Mehram”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>predict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>rise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anyone\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pilgrimage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>trouble\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facilities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>anything\u00a0<\/span><\/span>else\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>stay,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>speaker\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Nirupama,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facilities\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>travellers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>herself,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>lengthy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discussions\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Saudi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>better\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accommodate\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>travelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Hajj.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She\u00a0noted\u00a0that\u00a0since\u00a0last\u00a0year’s\u00a0noteworthy\u00a0initiative\u00a0allowed\u00a0women\u00a0to\u00a0perform\u00a0the\u00a0Hajj\u00a0without\u00a0a\u00a0“Mehram,”\u00a06,000\u00a0applications\u00a0from\u00a0women\u00a0wishing\u00a0to\u00a0go\u00a0the\u00a0Hajj\u00a0without\u00a0a\u00a0“Mehram”\u00a0had\u00a0already\u00a0been\u00a0received\u00a0this\u00a0year. We\u00a0predict\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0number\u00a0will\u00a0rise\u00a0even\u00a0further\u00a0this\u00a0year\u00a0compared\u00a0to\u00a0last. 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