KARACHI: Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Shazia Marri directed officials concerned for vigilance and concrete efforts to ensure disbursement of Benazir Kafaalat and other initiatives in a more transparent manner.

Presiding over high-level meeting to review various initiatives of Benazir Income Support Programme

She said that we needed to educate beneficiaries that government of Pakistan had increased amount of Benazir Kafaalat for quarter of Jan- March and April- Jun from Rs 7,000 to Rs 8,500 and Rs 9,000 respectively. She urged beneficiaries to lodge their complaints in case of unlawful deductions in nearest BISP office. She directed field staff to enhance vigilance at grassroots level to control complaints of illegal deductions received from some areas against POS (Point of Sale) agents of partner banks.

She urged partner banks, Habib Bank in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan and Bank Al-Falah in rest of the country to simplify payment mechanism through their ATMs so that beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme could withdraw their funds easily. She asked Secretary BISP to work out plan to address issue of shortage of manpower in provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.

Secretary Benazir Income Support Programme Yusuf Khan, Additional Secretary Dr Tahir Noor and all director generals including heads of provinces and regions attended.

Government’s payments of wheat seed subsidy to farmers of flood-affected areas of Sindh and atta (flour) subsidy payments were also discussed. Ongoing survey of National Socio-Economic Registry ‘Dynamic Registry’ was also discussed under which status of already registered beneficiaries is being reassessed.

Published in The Daily National Courier, April, 04 2023

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