Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces Haj 2021 guidelines
The last date of applying for Haj 2021 is 10th December, 2020
The application filled for Haj 2020 by women under without “Mehram” (male companion) category is valid for Haj 2021
Mumbai: Online application process for Haj 2021 started today and the people can apply online, offline and through Haj Mobile App.
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, while announcing Haj 2021 at Haj House here today, said that national-international Protocol Guidelines due to Pandemic Position will be implemented and followed strictly during the Haj 2021. The last date of applying for Haj 2021 is December 10, 2020.
Naqvi said that Haj 2021 is scheduled for June-July 2021, and the entire Haj process is being held according to the necessary guidelines issued by the Saudi Arabia Government and the Government of India and arrangements for Haj 2021 have been made under special circumstances with special norms, rules and regulations, eligibility criteria, age restrictions, health and fitness requirements and other relevant conditions of the Saudi Arabia Government amid the Corona pandemic.
While significant changes include accommodation, period of stay of pilgrims, transportation, health and other facilities both in India and Saudi Arabia, there may also be changes in age criteria for performing Haj. Each pilgrim will have to undergo Corona test 72 hours before Haj journey as per prevailing international air travel protocol and will have to submit a PCR test certificate issued by approved laboratory with a negative result before journey to Saudi Arabia.
Naqvi further informed that keeping in view the Pandemic position and feedback received from Air India and other agencies, embarkation points for Haj 2021 had been reduced from 21 to 10 across the country.
For Haj 2021, the 10 embarkation points are- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Srinagar.
Ahmedabad embarkation point will cover entire Gujarat; Bengaluru will cover entire Karnataka; Cochin (Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar); Delhi (Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh; Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, western districts of Uttar Pradesh); Guwahati (Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland); Kolkata (West Bengal, Odisha, Tripura, Jharkhand, Bihar); Lucknow (all parts of Uttar Pradesh except western parts); Mumbai (Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli) and Srinagar embarkation point will cover Jammu-Kashmir, Leh-Ladakh-Kargil.
The application filled for Haj 2020 by women under without “Mehram” (male companion) category is valid for Haj 2021 also. Besides new forms are also being accepted from the women, who wants to perform Haj 2021 without “Mehram”. All the women under “without Mehram” category will be exempted from the lottery system.
– globalbihari bureau
