Hajj 2025: Travel costs may touch ₹10 Lakh per pilgrim — but there are budget options too! How & when to apply?

Over 31,000 haj pilgrims registered in International Patient Summary system via MySejahtera

PUTRAJAYA: More than 31,000 prospective Malaysian Haj pilgrims have undergone health screenings and are now fully registered in the International Patient Summary (IPS) system via the MySejahtera application, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. Read full story

Hajj 2025: Travel costs may touch ₹10 Lakh per pilgrim — but there are budget options too! How & when to apply?

Hajj is a significant pilgrimage for Muslims and is considered a mandatory duty. In 2025, India’s quota for Hajj is 175,025. Packages range from ₹5,66,500 to ₹8,79,500. The pilgrimage is expected between June 4 and June 9, 2025, depending on the sighting of the moon.

Saudi Arabia adds 10,000 Hajj slots for Indians after 80% of private quota hit

Saudi Arabia will accommodate 10,000 additional Indian Hajj pilgrims this year, increasing India's total quota to 175,025, according to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. The decision follows a request from India after several Indian private tour operators missed key deadlines and saw 52,000 slots being cancelled by Saudi Arabia.

Saudi cuts 80 pc of India’s private Haj quota, restores 10000 slots

New Delhi: With the intervention of the Indian government, the Saudi Haj Ministry has offered a lifeline to private Haj operators whose quota of sending about 10,000 pilgrims faced cancellation due to delayed documentation, an official said on Tuesday, April 15. The ministry of minority affairs (MoMA) said that the Saudi Haj Ministry, in a rare gesture, has agreed to re-open the Haj Portal (Nusuk Portal) to all Indian Combined Haj Group Operator…

After Drastic Cut in Private Haj Quota, Organisers Seek PM’s Urgent Intervention - Clarion India

According to the bilateral agreement between New Delhi and Riyadh, the total Haj quota allotted to India for 2025 is 1,75,025 pilgrims NEW DELHI — A delegation of Haj Group Organisers has urgently sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a sudden and distressing reduction in India’s private Haj organisers’ quota for 2025 by Saudi Arabia. The private Haj quota for India was recently cut by a staggering 80 per cent, from 5…

Saudi Arabia revokes Mina allocations, leaving tens of thousands of Indian Hajj pilgrims in limbo

The fate of tens of thousands of Indian Hajj pilgrims remains uncertain as Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah unexpectedly revoked the Mina zone allocations previously assigned to private tour operators, cancelling 52,000 slots. In effect, Saudi Arabia has slashed India’s private Hajj quota by a staggering 80% by cancelling the Mina zone allocations for private tour operators, officially called Combined Hajj Group Organisers (CHGOs). Alth…