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people associated with them have been Madinah have been provided to Indian one hand health card is being provided
provided employment and employment Muslims going for Haj. to Indian Haj pilgrims in the country, on
opportunities through “Hunar Haat” in the other hand “E-MASIHA” (E Medical
the last about two years. he Union Minister for Minority Assistance System for Indian Pilgrims
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Abroad), an online system to create and
Common centres T signed Bilateral annual Haj 2020 maintain the complete health database
Under “Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas Kar- agreement between India and Saudi of Indian pilgrims along with doctors’
ykram” of the Ministry of Minority Af- Arabia with Haj and Umrah Minister of prescriptions, medical treatment as
fairs, 104 Common Service Centres have Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency well as medicine disbursals, has been
been approved across the country in the Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten developed to deal any emergency in
first six months of the government. These on December 1, 2019 in Jeddah. Makkah-Madinah.
centres will work as a single-window as- For the first time facilities have been A record number of two lakh Indian
sistance centre for the needy people to provided for digital pre-tagging of bag- Muslims including 48 percent women
provide information regarding Central gages of pilgrims. This will ensure the Haj pilgrims performed Haj in 2019 in
Government and State first six months of the
Governments schemes Modi Govt-2, that too
as well as to assist them without any subsidy. As
in getting benefits of many as 2340 Muslim
these welfare schemes. women also performed
Under PMJVK, sev- Haj this year without
eral development “Mehram” (male com-
projects — Toilet fa- panion). The minister
cilities- 53, Solar Power claimed that two lakh
Facilities in Schools- Indian Muslims will
16, Additional Class go for Haj 2020 from
Rooms- 324, Health 22 embarkation points
Centres- 223, Angan- across the country. One
wadi Centres- 52, Resi- new embarkation point
dential Schools- 33, will be opened for
Degree Colleges-7, next Haj- Vijayawada
School Buldings-98, (Andhra Pradesh).
Hostel-98, ITI-4, Hunar
Hubs-100, Skill Devel- Digitization of Waqf
opment Centres-10, properties
Medical College-1 and In a major achieve-
Polytechnics- 3 have ment, 100 per cent
been sanctioned/con- digitization of Waqf
structed in 2019. Be- properties across
sides, a Yunani College the country has been
is being constructed completed. There are
in Bareily in UP with an estimated cost Indian pilgrims will get information in about 6 lakh registered Waqf properties
of 130 crore. Girls hostel, school build- India itself about building along with the across the country. A programme on war
ings etc. are being constructed in Aligarh room allotted to the pilgrims and trans- footing has been launched for 100 per
Muslim University, Mallapuram in Kerala portation like details of bus to be taken cent Geo tagging and digitalization of
and Murshidabad in West Bengal. by the pilgrims after reaching to the air- Waqf properties across the country to
port in Saudi Arabia. Even SIM card has ensure these properties can be utilized
Digital Haj process been linked to mobile app, which will for welfare of the society. Geo tag-
India has become the first country in ensure Haj pilgrims immediately get- ging of a total of about 1,40,000 Waqf
the entire world, which has made the ting all the latest information regarding properties has been completed. The GIS
entire Haj 2020 process 100 per cent Haj in Makkah-Madina on their mobile and GPS mapping of the Waqf proper-
digital. Online application, E-Visa, Haj phone. ties has been initiated with the help
mobile app, “E-MASIHA” health facil- This year, a 100-line information cen- of IIT Roorki and Aligarh Muslim
ity, “E-luggage pre-tagging” providing all tre has been established at Haj House, University.
information in India itself regarding ac- Mumbai for providing information re-
commodation/transportation in Makkah garding entire Haj process. While on LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM

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