Islamabad, January 11, 2022 (PPI-OT):Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said the government is giving special emphasis to bring improvement in the living standards of the people especially the deprived segments of the society.
Inaugurating Ehsaas One Window Office in Islamabad on Tuesday along with some other cabinet members, he said we are moving forward as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to transform Pakistan into a welfare state on the model of State of Madina. He said the inauguration of Ehsaas One Window office will help facilitate the deserving families’ access all the Ehsaas related facilities under one roof.
In his remarks, Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said that the scope of Ehsaas Scholarship program has been expanded to the intermediate level. He said this is a major step which will help boost education especially that of girls. Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiyar said Ehsaas Ration scheme has been started to provide essential commodities to the deserving families at subsidized rates.
In her remarks, Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar said it is our effort to spread the network of Ehsaas One Window to facilitate the deserving families. She said poverty survey has been completed and a large number of deserving families have been enrolled in Ehsaas Kafalat Program. She said that cash payment under this program is being enhanced from twelve thousand rupees to thirteen thousand rupees from March.
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