SMS service 8171 launched for deserving families to benefit from Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program 2020
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation
and Social Safety Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that a SMS service 8171 launched
to enable the deserving families to benefit from Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program.
Speaking during a Radio Pakistan program on Wednesday, Dr.
Sania Nishtar said that the 150 billion rupees program is the country's biggest
social protection program launched for the poor families facing financial
problems due to coronavirus.
She said under this program, a cash grant of twelve thousand
rupees will be given to the deserving families through a transparent mechanism.
She said that Ehsaas Ration Platform has also been launched
to connect people wanting to donate food ration to those in need. At least
thirty five thousand deserving families and over six hundred donors have so far
got themselves registered on the online platform, she added.
Sania Nishtar clarified that the deserving families can
simultaneously benefit from both these programs.
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