ISLAMABAD, Jun 30:The process of payments of Rs. 2000 for the new eligible beneficiaries applied for the “Sasta Petrol/Sasta Diesel” scheme of the government through sending SMS to the 786 will start from July 4.
According to the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Pakistan, the eligible beneficiaries of the scheme who registered through 786 will start getting their payment of Rs. 2000.
However, the existing beneficiaries of Benazir Kafalat program are already receiving their payments of Rs. 2000 from the designated banks.
Till Wednesday, out of eight million registered families of Benazir Kafalat program, Rs. 6.67 billion has been disbursed among 3,339,000 families.
After receiving payment message from BISP, the registered families of Benazir Kafalat Program belonged from Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan may receive their payments from biometric ATMs of Habib Bank and those from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir from Bank Alfalah.
All those who are not registered with Benazir Kafalat program and have applied in the scheme by sending an SMS to 786 are requested to wait for the message of eligibility and payment.
They will receive a payment message shortly after the message of fulfilling the required eligibility criteria.
It is pertinent to mention here that the federal cabinet approved a relief package of worth Rs. 28 billion to counter the effects of increased petroleum prices on the poor citizens.
The package covering 14 million families (overall 90 million people) which is around 30 percent of the total population has entered the phase of execution through starting payments of Rs. 2000 to the existing eight million beneficiaries of Benazir Kafalat Program.
However, six million people are being identified through the National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER). Those who have less than Rs. 40,000 monthly income can apply for the scheme through sending SMS to 786.
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