LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister and Punjab government’s Spokesperson Hasaan Khawar Saturday termed PM Imran Khan’s Rs.120 billion Ehsas Ration Programme a commendable step for welfare of needy and deprived segments of the society.
A monthly subsidy of Rs.1000 million will be distributed among100 million individuals of 20 million families on flour, pulses and ghee in this six-month programme.
Hasaan Khawar stated this while briefing senior journalists and media representatives on Ehsas Ration Programme here.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) for Poverty Alleviation and Social Security Dr. Sania Nashtar also participated in the briefing through video link.
Hasaan Khawar said that registration of families earning less than Rs 31,000 per month will be started from Monday (November 9) for which a web portal will be set up, and deserving families will be able to buy daily necessities such as flour, pulses and ghee at affordable prices from utility stores and retail shops.
He further stated that Ehsas Socio-Economic Registration Survey has been completed which will be used to identify deserving families for this programme.
The SACM said that retail stores willing to get registered for this programme will be verified first. These stores must have a bank account in order to receive the subsidy amount.
Replying to journalists queries, he said that out of subsidy amount of Rs. 120 billion, 65 percent would be provided by the provinces and 35 percent by the federal government.
He said that government is fully aware of the problems being faced by the lower segments of society and is making serious efforts for their redressal.