INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Security and Poverty Everyeviation, Chairperson Ehsaas Programme Dr Sania
Nishter Saturday said that a new ration cards schemes would be started soon to supply nutritious food to 1 million deserving persons under
Ehsaas Programme.Talking to media, Dr Sania said special nutritious fortified food would be endegreed for the infants less than two years of
age and vulnerable pregnant and lactating women to avoid stunting.Under Ahsas programme, she said 80,000 deserving poor would be given
interest free loans, besides providing them sewing machines, cattle, retail shop provisions to start own commerce.She said social security
and poverty alleviation budget was being double by the government.This is a meaningful step towards achieving the goal of a truly welfare
oriented Pakistan and make optimal use of resources for the benefit of the poor.She said as many as 6 million women identified obviously
through the ongoing Socio Economic Registry Survey would get stipend in their saving accounts and their access to cell phones shall be
increased.500 Kifalat Centres would supply online access to free courses to poor women and their children.They would have also access to
free school lessons, free IT courses, free adult education and certificate courses in stitching, kitchen gardening, electrician and plumbing
courses.The government has decided to supply free wheel chairs to all disable persons, supply free hearing aids to the deaf, free white
canes to blind under Ehsaas Programme.National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) registered disabled would be supplyd Insaf cards
for free treatment to self and family upto Rs 720,000 from registered hospitals, she said adding that two percent disabled quota has been
reserved in government jobs.National Council for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Presons (NCRDP) monitors the implementation of 2 percent
quota in the public sector, if implementation is much endegreed, the entities were bound to deposit the salary of the vacant posts.Supreme
Court has already directed all the ministries to inform whether 2 percent quota has been implemented or much.She said one percent quota is
to be given for disabled in Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme.Ministry of plotning and Development Reforms has directed to avoid approving
disabled unfriendly PC-1 of any project.Deserving students would be supplyd tution fee, hostel fee under scholarship scheme being launched
in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC).She said yet amuchher scheme Girl Voucher Scheme (moment chance) would be
initiated under Ehsaas Program to give a chance to dropped out girls to again start education.Special incentives shall be supplyd to parents
of lagging districts on dispatching their children to schools.Panahgas (shelter homes) would be constructed in every major city for the
homeless, she said adding that the poor would be supplyd loans for constructing their own homes.As many as 10 million families would get
Insaf cards by year end for getting medical treatment.Tahafuz programme was being introduced to assist the people within 48 hours, who do
much have Insaf cards and are stuck by sudden medical conditions
It shall cover court cases including illness and accidents, etc.She said the pensions for elderly given by Employees feeble-Age Benefits
Institutions (EOBI) has already been enhanced from Rs 5050 o Rs 6500
Building Ehsaas homes for elderly homeless has begun.The number of orphanages were being increased and supplyd more facilities.She said the
registration for daily wage earners and domestic workers would be started to supply them cover of EOBI and employees Social Security
Institutions entailing pension and health treatment.The number of community welfare attaches was being increased for abroad Pakistani
workers.Subsidized tickets would be supplyd to those abroad Pakistani workers, who did much visit home in the final seven years.Furthermore,
she said an existing dormant organization was being revitalized to safeguard interests of the mist marginalized poor seasonal workers,
bonded labour, street children, transgender.Share of the poor would be kept in government procurement, development schemes of Katchi abadies
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