Lok Sabha Question No. 2920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Haj Pilgrims
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rampreet Mandal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.2920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## HAJ PILGRIMS

## 2920.  SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  applications  received  from  all  States/  UTs  of  the  country  including Bihar for Haj pilgrimage during the last three years along with the number of pilgrims who visited the holy pilgrimage of Haj;
- (b) the  quota  fixed  for  Bihar  in  terms  of  Haj  pilgrimage  and  the  increase  made  in  the same, year-wise; and
- (c) the number of female pilgrims out of such total pilgrims during last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) The  number  of  applications  received  from  all  States/  UTs  of  the  country  including Bihar for Haj pilgrimage during the last three years along with the number of pilgrims who actually visited Saudi Arabia for Haj is given in Annexure.
- (b) The  quota  allocated  to  Haj  Committee  of  India  (HCoI)  is  distributed  amongst  the States/UTs on the basis of their  respective  Muslim  population,  based on the  2011 census figures.The Haj quota of the State of Bihar, number of applications received and the final quota, during the last three years is as under:
- (c) The total number of female pilgrims went on Haj pilgrimage through Haj Committee of India during last three years is as under:

|   Year |   Original Haj quota allocated |   No. of applications received |   Final quota |   Actual pilgrims proceeded for Haj |
|--------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|   2017 |                          12125 |                           6963 |          6963 |                                6459 |
|   2018 |                          12630 |                           5147 |          5147 |                                4730 |
|   2019 |                          12630 |                           4950 |          4950 |                                4588 |

|   Year |   Number of female pilgrims |
|--------|-----------------------------|
|   2017 |                       57810 |
|   2018 |                       60495 |
|   2019 |                       67144 |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2920  FOR  05.12.2019  RAISED  BY  SHRI  RAMPRIT  MANDAL  REGARDING  HAJ PILGRIMAGE

Number of Applications received in Haj Committee of India and number of actual pilgrims proceeded for Haj

| Sr. No   | Name of States/Union Territory   | 2017        | 2017              | 2018        | 2018              | 2019        | 2019              |
|----------|----------------------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|
| Sr. No   | Name of States/Union Territory   | No. of App. | Pilgrim proceeded | No. of App. | Pilgrim proceeded | No. of App. | Pilgrim proceeded |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar (UT)            | 115         | 56                | 184         | 183               | 115         | 110               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                   | 3390        | 2797              | 2847        | 2327              | 2138        | 1841              |
| 3        | Assam (*)                        | 4279        | 4064              | 3557        | 3326              | 3588        | 3364              |
| 4        | Bihar                            | 6963        | 6459              | 5147        | 4730              | 4950        | 4588              |
| 5        | Chandigarh (UT)                  | 91          | 81                | 52          | 50                | 36          | 33                |
| 6        | Chattisgarh                      | 1374        | 394               | 1045        | 456               | 823         | 550               |
| 7        | Dadra nagar Haveli (UT)          | 33          | 21                | 50          | 49                | 41          | 34                |
| 8        | Daman &Diu (UT)                  | 27          | 23                | 34          | 28                | 11          | 12                |
| 9        | Delhi (NCT)                      | 10228       | 1654              | 8056        | 2046              | 6228        | 2464              |
| 10       | Goa                              | 196         | 183               | 143         | 121               | 191         | 172               |
| 11       | Gujarat                          | 57225       | 10979             | 43969       | 6747              | 33559       | 7993              |
| 12       | Haryana                          | 4149        | 1340              | 3519        | 1526              | 3145        | 1884              |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                 | 129         | 121               | 85          | 81                | 72          | 62                |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 35217       | 8045              | 32332       | 10124             | 22389       | 11575             |
| 15       | Jharkhand                        | 3306        | 3119              | 2827        | 2614              | 2233        | 2063              |
| 16       | Karnataka                        | 23514       | 6120              | 18427       | 7072              | 13995       | 8310              |
| 17       | Kerala                           | 95236       | 11400             | 69783       | 11632             | 43115       | 13389             |
| 18       | Lakshadeep (UT)                  | 366         | 299               | 283         | 275               | 342         | 328               |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                   | 24875       | 3688              | 19947       | 4723              | 16486       | 5835              |
| 20       | Maharashtra                      | 57246       | 10141             | 43804       | 12668             | 35658       | 15078             |
| 21       | Manipur                          | 497         | 388               | 505         | 416               | 499         | 457               |
| 22       | Odisha                           | 1133        | 696               | 909         | 729               | 698         | 641               |
| 23       | Puducherry (UT)                  | 214         | 124               | 149         | 128               | 94          | 84                |
| 24       | Punjab                           | 303         | 282               | 304         | 288               | 342         | 331               |
| 25       | Rajasthan                        | 17796       | 4815              | 14420       | 5605              | 10750       | 6742              |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu                       | 13588       | 3273              | 9568        | 3801              | 6379        | 4439              |
| 27       | Tripura                          | 134         | 123               | 156         | 150               | 110         | 106               |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh                    | 51375       | 29188             | 42914       | 31435             | 34397       | 31787             |
| 29       | Uttrakhand                       | 4694        | 1068              | 4100        | 1268              | 3019        | 1536              |
| 30       | West Bengal                      | 9940        | 9408              | 9341        | 8579              | 8470        | 7814              |
| 31       | Telangana                        | 20635       | 3458              | 17147       | 4408              | 13388       | 5246              |
| 32       | Discretionary quota              |             | 460               |             | 499               |             | 497               |
| 33       | Khadim ul Hujjaj                 |             | 585               |             | 606               |             | 622               |
|          | Total                            | 448268      | 124852            | 355604      | 128690            | 267261      | 139987            |

Note: For the last 3 years, duplication has been eliminated due to online application.