Functioning of Haj Committee, Odisha

Functioning of State Haj Committee, Odisha

On 25.2.19., RTI Application was filed in the office  of State  Haj Committee, Cuttack  seeking  information about  details of  functioning  of Haj  Committee  in Odisha.  The PIO  made  long delay  in providing  information which is beyond statutory  time limit. On 21.8.19.,  the PIO  has  supplied  the  information which is as  follows.

1.The  State  Haj  Committee  is constituted by the Govt. of Odisha  for the period  of 3 years  for  the management  and welfare  of the pilgrims of  Odisha It  is  constituted  as per  provision of the  Haj Committee Act, 2002.

2.  Haj Committee  was  constituted  in 2009-12  and 2012-15. Since 2015, no Haj  Committee  has been  constituted.  It  has remained  defunct.  The  Chairman of Haj Committee  is selected by   majority  vote among the members  in presence  of Govt. observer. An Executive Officer looks after  affairs  of the  Haj Committee  presently.

3.  On query  about total  no. of  Muslims  made  for journey of Haj, the  PIO  has  reported  the year-wise  information about  pilgrimage  of Muslims to Haj.  From 2010 to 2018.

Year	Totalno. of Pilgrims
2010	690
2011	669
2012	628
2013	643
2014	576
2015	550
2016	526
2017	556
2018	730

4. The  Haj  Committee  functions for management  of Haj work  for benefit  of Muslims who got  selected to go for Haj every year. The  Committee  conducts twice  in a year. Haj Committee is responsible for  preparation of the Haj journey  for the pilgrims ,  for management of the Haj pilgrimage workshop  and training  for the pilgrims  about Haj ritual and give vaccination to each Haji  before  departure of their flights. Haj Committee  also look out prolem of pilgrims  which they  face  during  times of Haj at Mecca and Madina.

5. The  State  Govt. provides  grant-in-aid  to  State  Haj Committee  for  management of day to day administrative work.  The  details of grant-in-aid  provided  by state Govt. is as follows.

2010-11	12,00,000.00
2011-12	30,00,000.00
2012-13	Not  received
2013-14	27,00,000.00
2014-15	54,00,000.00
2015-16	54,00,000.00
2016-17	54,00,000.00
2017-18	40,00,000.00

6.  The  Haj  Committee, Odisha get the fund towards processing charges  for the pilgrims from Haj Committee  India  which is  as follows.

2010	1,61,600.00
2011	1,54,200.00
2012	1,96,000.00
2013	1,65,826.00
2014	2,32,000.00
2015	1,42,500.00
2016	1,93,800.00
2017	2,26,600.00
2018	1,81,800.00

Pradip Pradhan

M-9938943482

Date- 1.9.19