Haj Policy 2027: Enhanced Pilgrim Assistance and AI Integration

Exam-focused facts from the 24 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) announced the Haj Policy 2027, with applications open via the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) portal and the Haj Suvidha App.
The quota distribution is maintained at a 70:30 ratio, with 1,22,518 seats allocated to the HCoI and 52,507 seats to private tour operators.
The policy improves the ratio of State Haj Inspectors to pilgrims from 1:150 to 1:135 and grants preference to the top 20 per cent of final waitlisted applicants from Haj 2026.
Kolkata has been added as a new embarkation point for the 20-day Short Haj Package.
The MoMA will introduce artificial intelligence (AI) for document verification, flight demand forecasting, and a multilingual conversational AI platform supporting Hindi, Urdu, and regional languages.