In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Haj Committee Act 2002

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-05072024-255203 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 346] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2024/ASHADHA 14, 1946 4044 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2024 G.S.R. 369(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002, (35 of 2002), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Haj Committee Rules, 2002, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.– (1) These rules may be called the Haj Committee (Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Haj Committee Rules, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 5,— (i) in sub-rule (2), in clause (a), in sub-clause (ii), for the words "Ministry of External Affairs", the words "Ministry of Minority Affairs " shall be substituted; (ii) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:— "(4)The Ministry of Minority Affairs in the Central Government shall request Union Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs, Finance (Department of Revenue) and Civil Aviation to nominate one officer each, not below the rank of the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, serving in the respective Ministries, as ex- officio members of the Committee as specified in clause (iii) of section 4.”; 3. In the said rules, in rule 11, in sub-rule (1), in the second proviso, for the words "Ministry of External Affairs", the words "Ministry of Minority Affairs" shall be substituted. 4. In the said rules, in rule 27, in sub-rule (2), in clause (b), for the words "Ministry of External Affairs", the words "Ministry of Minority Affairs” shall be substituted. [F. No. 01/01/2016-Haj] CPS BAKSHI, Jt. Secy. Note:—The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 801(E), dated the 5th December, 2002. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.