ISLAMABAD:Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) approved the Hajj Policy 2023 and the Hajj Package will be Rs1.165 million and Rs1.175 million for southern and northern regions respectively.

According to a report on Monday, the ECC meeting was chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday. The committee approved that US$ 90 million will be provided for the pilgrims as this year a total of 1,79,210 pilgrims will have the blessing of Hajj.

As per the decision of the committee, the government and the private quota have been fixed by 50, 50 percent for each. While 50 percent of the private Hajj quota will be allocated for the Sponsorship Scheme. The Hajj Package for northern areas will be 11,75,000 rupees and for southern regions will be 11,65,000 rupees.

In the ECC meeting, Rs12 billion were approved to release for the continuing census in the country while a grant of Rs3.24 billion was also approved for poverty alleviation. ECC directed the Industries Ministry to incorporate the recommendations of the Gas Distribution Committee.