Mahmood Ali urges Centre to increase Haj subsidy

Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali has requested the Centre to increase the budget of subsidy provided to Muslims for their Haj pilgrimage, from Rs 690 crore to Rs 1,000 crore.

In a letter addressed to Union



Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Mahmood Ali said the pilgrims, who avail this opportunity. are very poor Muslims and it was felt necessary that the facility of extending subsidy for this noble cause should continue.