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Haj subsidy: government proposes, others oppose

The India government's decision to hike Haj subsidy for 10,000 more pilgrims annually has reopened the controversy whether such a sop is needed for religious pilgrimage, even as Muslim intellectuals pooh-pooh the government's argument that the move upholds the country's secular credentials.9:30 AM on November 19