Ehsaas Kifalat stipend enhanced from Rs5,000 to Rs5,500.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has increased the quarterly cash grant for 4.3million beneficiaries of Ehsaas Kifalat Programme of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from Rs5,000 to Rs 5,500.

This was announced by Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar.

In a statement, she said this increase would mean that the government will provide 8.6 billion rupees more for cash transfers to the poorest of the poor.

She said BISP has now 4.27 million active beneficiaries after delisting 0.82 million undeserving beneficiaries. She said that the increased stipend will be given only to the deserving beneficiaries.

Earlier, on Dec 26, Dr Sania Nishtar had said that the government had decided to...