Dr Sania Nishter gave a detailed briefing on Ehsaas program to KP parliamentarians
PESHAWAR
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr Sania Nishtar on Friday briefed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Parliamentarians on Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Registration.
The meeting took place at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Secretariat.
Speaker KP, Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani, Deputy Speaker KP, Mehmood Jan, Finance and Health Minister KP, Taimur Saleem Jhagra and senior officials of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) were also present in the briefing.
Speaking to the Parliamentarians, Dr Sania urged them to support Ehsaas in province wise registering Kiryana shops and deserving families.
She gave a detailed presentation on the process of registration and operational modalities of the programme.
“Kiryana merchants can register in the programme through web-portal: https://ehsaasrashan.pass.gov.pk/, She added.
Karyana merchants operating anywhere in the country need to have a bank account for registration.
Those without bank accounts are being facilitated to open their accounts in branches of NBP”, she said.
Kiryana owners will also earn substantive commission on Ehsaas’ subsidies as an incentive.
Lucky draws will also be held every three months to give away cars, motorcycles, mobile phones and several other prizes to best performing Kiryana owners.
Regarding family registration, Dr Sania briefed, “Families with monthly income less than Rs. 50,000 can register either through 8171 or the web-portal with their CNIC and a cell phone number issued on the same.”
To a question, she emphasized that only one member of a family can enroll for Rashan.
Applicant families will be sent eligibility messages from 8171 she said.
According to the new criteria approved by the Cabinet, deserving families of foreign travelers, low-income government employees, and those with high cell phone bills can also enroll in the Rashan programme.
Parliamentarians lauded the transparency measures hardwired in the programme and ensured full cooperation to create awareness on the execution of programme.
Through Ehsaas Rahsan, 20 million eligible families will avail a subsidy of Rs 1,000 a month on the purchase of wheat flour, cooking oil/ghee and pulses from designated Karyana stores. This fiscal year, the budget of the programme is Rs. 120 billion.
