Ehsaas' Kifalat programme to change destiny of poor segments.

ISLAMABAD -- Ehsaas' Kifalat programme, to be launched on January 31 (Friday), will change the destiny of poorest women segments of society in true sense through transparent disbursement of cash assistance among the most deserving women and digital payment mechanism, improving their overall household economic condition.

A total of seven million most deserving women across the country will be enrolled in the Ehsaas Kifalat programme to provide them cash assistance of Rs. 2000 monthly, interest free loans up to Rs. 75,000 and other facilities gradually in phases, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Division, Dr. Sania Nishtar said on Wednesday.

Briefing the media at her office, Dr. Sania Nishtar informed that all the arrangements for launching this pro-poor initiative has been completed by her division with start of enrollment of one million families in 70 districts in the first phase.

These families, she said, will start receiving Kifalat stipends from February to March 2020 while more beneficiaries would be added through desk registration over the course of the year, she said.

Dr. Sania Nishtar informed that the beneficiaries will be identified through a household survey and Ehsaas NADRA Desk Registration Centers assisted by sms and Kifalat web-service. At least one desk registration center has been established in each Tehsil.

The registered households will pass through the data analytics to verify their eligibility and will be paid the amount through the new biometric Ehsaas digital payment system to ensure transparency.

The women having their own bank accounts and bio-metric enabled ATMs will be able to draw money from Point of Sales (PoS) agents, dedicated branches and ATMs of Habib Bank Limited and Alfalah Bank which will save...