Online system has ensured Haj remained inexpensive: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Mumbai: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday claimed that digitising Haj-related processes has ensured that the annual pilgrimage remained inexpensive despite the absence of subsidy and made the system “pro-pilgrim”. The Haj subsidy provided by the government was removed last year in the light of a Supreme Court order of 2012. “Making the entire Haj process completely online/digital has not only ensured that the pilgrimage has become inexpensive even after removal of Haj subsidy, but also made the process absolutely pro-pilgrim,” a statement quoted the Minority Affairs Minister as saying.