{"id":58038,"date":"2019-11-27T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58038"},"modified":"2020-01-29T12:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T12:34:17","slug":"pm-launches-financial-inclusion-initiative-poverty-alleviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-financial-inclusion-initiative-poverty-alleviation.html","title":{"rendered":"PM launches &#8216;Financial Inclusion&#8217; initiative for poverty alleviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently launched a \u2018Financial Inclusion Strategy\u2019 initiative under the government\u2019s \u2018Ehsaas\u2019 poverty alleviation programme, according to news sources. As per officials, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and the United Nations Secretary-General\u2019s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development were also present at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The PM said that the government was pursuing policies as part of various initiatives launched by Ehsaas with an aim to aid the society\u2019s low-income groups. He said that Ehsaas campaign \u2018is devised with compassion at its heart\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Maxima also addressed the assembly and declared financial inclusion was vital to offer sustenance to the poor. She opined that the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/policy-drafting-support-4-2-mn-orphans-initiated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> provision of education to children <\/a>and job opportunities creation would eventually lead to the economic stability of the country. She asked for women (especially those residing in rural setting) to familiarise themselves with financial technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-launch-skill-development-training-programme-youth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt to launch skill development training programme for youth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen holds her designation with the United Nations since 2009 and works actively to encourage access to financial services of low-income groups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to increase their socio-economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/strategy-being-reviewed-implement-ehsaas-initiative.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strategy being reviewed to implement \u2018Ehsaas\u2019 initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further, Special Assistant to the PM on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar apprised the event attendees of the Ehsaas Programme details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently launched a \u2018Financial Inclusion Strategy\u2019 initiative under the government\u2019s \u2018Ehsaas\u2019 poverty alleviation programme, according to news sources. As per officials, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and the United Nations Secretary-General\u2019s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development were also present at the event. The PM said that the government was pursuing policies as part of various initiatives launched by Ehsaas with an aim to aid the society\u2019s low-income groups. He said that Ehsaas campaign \u2018is devised with compassion at its heart\u2019. Queen Maxima also addressed the assembly and declared financial inclusion was vital to offer sustenance to the poor. She opined that the provision of education to children and job opportunities creation would eventually lead to the economic stability of the country. She asked for women (especially those residing in rural setting) to familiarise themselves with financial technology. Read:\u00a0Govt to launch skill development training programme for youth The Queen holds her designation with the United Nations since 2009 and works actively to encourage access to financial services of low-income groups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to increase their socio-economic opportunities. Read:\u00a0Strategy being reviewed to implement \u2018Ehsaas\u2019 initiative Further, Special Assistant to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":44055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[14140],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-details-on-pm-launches-financial-inclusion-initiative-for-poverty-alleviation","9":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PM launches &#039;Financial Inclusion&#039; initiative for poverty alleviation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently launched a \u2018Financial Inclusion Strategy\u2019 initiative under the government\u2019s \u2018Ehsaas\u2019 poverty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-launches-financial-inclusion-initiative-poverty-alleviation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM launches &#039;Financial Inclusion&#039; 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