Haj subsidy of ₹6,560 crore spent under UPA Regime: RTI
Between 2004 and 2014, under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's UPA government over ₹6,560 crore was spent on the Haj subsidy averaging ₹655 crore annually. Under PM Modi's NDA government (2014-2017), an additional ₹1,137 crore was spent before the subsidy ended in 2018. The total 13-year spending stood at ₹7,697 crore.