Govt plans to facilitate corporate sector to donate to Ehsaas programme: Dr Nishtar.

ISLAMABAD -- The federal government has planned to launch a special system to facilitate the corporate and private sectors to donate to 'Ehsaas programme' and help the poor.

This was stated by Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar on Wednesday while speaking as chief guest here at the inauguration of 12thannual corporate social responsibility (CSR) Summit-2020 organised by National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH).

This institutional arrangement will be completed in the next three months, she said, adding complete transparency and efficiency will be ensured, she said.

Dr Nishtar advised the philanthropists to wait for another three months to let this special purpose vehicle be launched allowing the government to receive these donations from the private sector and spend them with utmost integrity and honesty on the poor.

She said that a web portal would be launched to ensure transparency in the system and enable the private sector check that the philanthropic donations were spent for the welfare of individuals.

A policy was also being formalised to offer incentives to the corporate sector of the country to encourage philanthropy.

She said 134 different initiatives had been launched under the Ehsaas programme for the welfare of different sections of the needy and disadvantaged sections of the society including orphans and women.

Dr Nishtar said the government was aware of the...