Our Correspondent Hassan Abdal
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that more than one million people have registered successfully for Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Program so far.
Interacting with media during her visit to Sheikh General Store in Hassan Abdal on Sunday, she said that since the start of registration process, as many as 40 million people have submitted their data in the portal.
Dr. Sania Nishtar while giving details of the program explained that an individual of the household can be registered under this program. A monthly subsidy of Rs.1000 / – will be given to each family. Massive awareness is being raised among shopkeepers on using the Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Program web portal, she added.
The SAPM said that relief will be provided to 20 million families under this initiative as per directives of the Prime Minister Imran Khan through providing subsidy on flour, pulses and cooking oil or ghee. The subsidy of Rs. 22 will be given on flour, Rs. 105 on ghee and Rs. 55 on pulses, she maintained. She said that the incumbent government is prioritizing providing relief to the masses and resolving their issues.
Dr. Sania said that her division is providing step-by-step guidance to the deserving families as well as the grocery merchants about the registration process and eligibility of the program. She said that the deserving beneficiaries will be identified through the Ehsaas National Socio Economic Registry Survey.
The SAPM said that low-income families will register through the Ehsaas Rashan portal through their Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) and the mobile number issued on this CNIC.
She said that only one member of the family will be eligible to register on the portal.Similarly, grocery merchants can also register themselves on the portal.
Dr. Sania emphasized that it is important for the grocery merchants to have a valid bank account and those who are without accounts can open their bank accounts at the nearest branches of National Bank of Pakistan.
The authorized grocery merchants who have bank accounts will download the Mobile Point of Sale (MPoS) application on their cell phones to track the eligibility of eligible buyers and pass on the subsidy.
