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Mass poverty and pandemics are both facts of life that involve millions of people at the same time. The paramount requirement is to balance life with livelihood but not be stupid giving undue weightage to one over the other. Relief measures have to cater to millions of people after credible inspection tests have been identified at the same time. To find a solution to this problem with over 200 million people in a country like Pakistan would have been impossible in the past.
Just a couple of years ago when the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) was launched outdated methods which our mostly corrupt parliamentarians used to name undeserving people used while a mass of the really deserving stayed without relief Dr Sania Nishter identified 820,165 “undeserving” beneficiaries which were duly removed from the BISP database, as their standard of living was found well above the criteria set for ‘the poor’.
For the disbursement of the support money the BISP smart card has been initiated to the people on the BISP. NADRA played a crucial role of identifying the right persons under the BISP program by applying various biometric checks. Grants were given to the families through phone to phone banking. Beneficiaries were issued with a SIM and cell phone at a NADRA counter to receive SMS for cash grant.
After presenting SMS and valid NIC copy, the beneficiaries receive cash grant by Point of Sale (PoS) franchise. The system has onboard a total of over 27 million households and over 4 million BISP debit cards have been biometrically issued to the beneficiaries. BISP Smart Card, Mobile, Debit Card and Money Order are the mediums utilized for easily available presence.
Imran Khan’s PTI government put the fight against poverty on top of their agenda last year, launching the “Ehsaas” program for poverty elevation. To identify the genuine beneficiaries is still a challenge today as the last population census-2017 results are not yet officially approved, while, the labour force survey 2018-19 of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) was not yet made public.
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Using technology to fight poverty & pandemic
Using technology to fight poverty & pandemic
Mass poverty and pandemics are both facts of life that involve millions of people at the same time. The paramount requirement is to balance life with livelihood but not be stupid giving undue weightage to one over the other. Relief measures have to cater to millions of people after credible inspection tests have been identified at the same time. To find a solution to this problem with over 200 million people in a country like Pakistan would have been impossible in the past.
Just a couple of years ago when the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) was launched outdated methods which our mostly corrupt parliamentarians used to name undeserving people used while a mass of the really deserving stayed without relief Dr Sania Nishter identified 820,165 “undeserving” beneficiaries which were duly removed from the BISP database, as their standard of living was found well above the criteria set for ‘the poor’.
For the disbursement of the support money the BISP smart card has been initiated to the people on the BISP. NADRA played a crucial role of identifying the right persons under the BISP program by applying various biometric checks. Grants were given to the families through phone to phone banking. Beneficiaries were issued with a SIM and cell phone at a NADRA counter to receive SMS for cash grant.
After presenting SMS and valid NIC copy, the beneficiaries receive cash grant by Point of Sale (PoS) franchise. The system has onboard a total of over 27 million households and over 4 million BISP debit cards have been biometrically issued to the beneficiaries. BISP Smart Card, Mobile, Debit Card and Money Order are the mediums utilized for easily available presence.
Imran Khan’s PTI government put the fight against poverty on top of their agenda last year, launching the “Ehsaas” program for poverty elevation. To identify the genuine beneficiaries is still a challenge today as the last population census-2017 results are not yet officially approved, while, the labour force survey 2018-19 of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) was not yet made public.
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Using technology to fight poverty & pandemic
Using technology to fight poverty & pandemic
