150,000 free Mobile Phones are being provided in Musakhel, Liyyah, Batgram and Larkana to facilitate beneficiaries.
Federal Minister/Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Ms. Farzana Raja said that Countrywide Poverty Survey under Benazir Income Support will be completed before June, 2011 and the number of total beneficiary families would rise up to 5 millions. She said that this nationwide survey would enable these families to get benefitted from monthly cash grant, vocational training, returnable loans under Waseela-e-Haq and life Insurance. Moreover, Health Insurance facilities to registered beneficiaries would be offered soon. Ms. Farzana Raja said this while addressing a press conference here in Circuit House Multan Saturday.
She underlined the need of eradication of poverty and hence making Pakistan a welfare state. She said that this was the primary target of BISP and its striving hard to achieve it. She said that BISP has launched an improved delivery system through Mobile Phone Banking and around 150,000 beneficiaries in Musakhel, Liyyah, Batgram and Larkana are being provided free mobiles in the first phase. Chairperson of BISP explained that by using Mobile Phone Banking facility, beneficiaries will be able to receive their cash grant in most convenient and transparent way. She further added that 140 beneficiary women have been provided cheques of 1 Lakh Rs each under BISP’s Waseela-e-Haq Programme in Lahore and further cheques will be distributed in DG Khan on Sunday. Federal Minister told that Waseela-Haq Programme along with Vocational Training Programme is focused on ensuring self reliance of the beneficiaries by launching
business with a loan of Rs 3 lakh and getting extensive training for that purpose.
Ms. Farzana Raja informed the media representatives that 10 lakh beneficiaries have been entitled for Rs 1 Lakh life Insurance each whereas health insurance alongwith Benazir Health Card will be launched before June this year. She said that transparency and facilitation of the beneficiaries is the priority and for that purpose the whole system is established on modern technology. She said that BISP is not a political programme and it is working for the wellbeing of the down trodden segments of the society. International aid agencies are quite appreciative of this programme as it is proving to be a comprehensive welfare mechanism for the people of Pakistan. In response to a question, Federal Minister/ Chairperson Benazir Income Support Ms. Farzana Raja said that government will complete its tenure because it is striving hard for the wellbeing of the people of Pakistan.
She said that President Asif Ali Gardari and PPP government have adopted policy of reconciliation for the sake of the people. Answering query Ms Farzana Raja said that I would urge to leaders of all political parties to work together for resolving the issues faced by Pakistan and its people and not get engaged in political vendetta.
She appealed to the people to support the survey teams for successful completion of Poverty Survey so that people in need can be reached out and given their right at their doorstep, thus, it would be a help in achieving BISP’s objective of making Pakistan a welfare state.
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