Government of India (GOI) and
Saudi Arabia annually sign a bilateral Haj Agreement in which the overall Haj
Quota for India for the year is specified. For Haj 2012, Government of Saudi
Arabia allocated 1,70,000 Haj seats to India - 1,25,000 for pilgrims going
through the Haj Committee of India (HCOI) and 45,000 for pilgrims facilitated
by Private Tour Operators (PTOs). The HCOI Haj quota is distributed among
States/ Union Territories (UT) in proportion to their Muslim population. As per
the Order dated July 23, 2012 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, 300 seats have been
allocated for discretionary allocation. Distribution of these 300 seats as per
the Order is limited to - 100 seats for allotment on recommendation of the
Hon’ble President, 75 each on recommendations by the Vice-President and Prime
Minister and 50 by the External Affairs Minister.
The
overall Quota is decided at the time of signing the annual bilateral Haj
Agreement. This year the Agreement was signed on 14.3.2012.
GOI
requests the Saudi authorities every year for additional quota to accommodate,
even if partially, the excess applications received by HCOI. In 2010 &
2011, 10,000 additional seats were released at GOI’s request by the Saudi
authorities and were distributed through the HCOI to States/ UTs with
applications in excess of allocated quota.
Allocation of Haj seats to each
State/Union Territory is done by the Haj Committee of India in proportion to
the Muslim population in each State/U.T. vis-a-vis the national population of
Muslims as per 2001 Census. All States/U.T. have been allocated their quota on
the basis of this formula. However, following the order dated July 23, 2012 of
the Hon’ble Supreme Court, some more seats have become available. These seats
will be distributed by HCOI among States/UTs, with applications in excess of
their quota, in proportion to their Muslim population. UP and MP will get their
due shares from these surplus seats.
Details of allocation of seats
to each State/Union Territory for Haj-2012 are as follows:
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STATE-WISE
DISTRIBUTION OF QUOTA
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FOR
THE PILGRIMS OF HAJ -2012 AS PER 2001
CENSUS
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Sr.#
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Name of
States/Union Territory
|
Final Quota
(*)
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1
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Andaman
& Nicobar (UT)
|
28
|
|
|
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2
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Andhra
Pradesh
|
6680
|
|
|
|
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3
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Assam
|
3586
|
|
|
|
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4
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Bihar
|
6662
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Chandigarh
(UT)
|
34
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
392
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
Dadra
Nagar Haveli (UT)
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
Daman
& Diu (UT)
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
9
|
Delhi
(NCT)
|
1552
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
88
|
|
|
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
4391
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
114
|
|
|
|
|
13
|
Haryana
|
1170
|
|
|
|
|
14
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
6494
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
Jharkhand
|
3504
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
Karnataka
|
6179
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
Kerala
|
7518
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
Lakshadweep
(UT)
|
55
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
3672
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
Maharashtra
|
9819
|
|
|
|
|
21
|
Manipur
|
183
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
Orissa
|
729
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
Pondicherry
(UT)
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
24
|
Punjab
|
365
|
|
|
|
|
25
|
Rajasthan
|
4578
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
3318
|
|
|
|
|
27
|
Tripura
|
63
|
|
|
|
|
28
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
29387
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
Uttarakhand
|
967
|
|
|
|
|
30
|
West
Bengal
|
12397
|
|
|
|
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Total
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114000
|
|
|
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|
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|
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(*)
|
Original
Quota + surrendered quota and cancellation of repeaters
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of five
States.
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This information was given by
the Minister of State for External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed in written reply to a
question in Rajya Sabha today.
YSK