{"id":63112,"date":"2020-03-24T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T07:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63112"},"modified":"2020-03-25T00:26:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:26:44","slug":"pm-approves-relief-package-low-income-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-relief-package-low-income-groups.html","title":{"rendered":"PM approves relief package for people affected by economic crises post corona outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday approved a relief package worth billions of rupees aimed at assisting the under-privileged communities in the country that have been adversely affected by the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, according to news sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-give-relief-by-setting-up-fair-price-shops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab govt to give relief by setting up fair price shops (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab govt to give relief by setting up fair price shops<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The package was approved by the PM during a high-level meeting at his office and all important state officials were in attendance. The meeting discussed the overall <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"economic situation (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-promises-relief-to-traders-subject-to-economic-improvement.html\" target=\"_blank\">economic situation<\/a> in the country and the impact of the coronavirus disease outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-reforms-soon-revive-economic-activity-sbp-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt reforms will soon revive economic activity: SBP Governor (opens in a new tab)\">Govt reforms will soon revive economic activity: SBP Governor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nsource reported that the monthly stipend offered under the Benazir Income\nSupport Programme (BISP) has been increased from PKR 2,000 to PKR 3,000. It was\nalso decided that the government would be disbursing the funds allocated under\nits Ehsaas initiative by using the data collected by the BISP. In addition to\nthis amount, the number of beneficiaries has also been increased under the PM\u2019s\nrelief package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that this new relief package would assist the low-income groups by providing financial assistance under the Ehsaas initiative during these times of coronavirus disease. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday approved a relief package worth billions of rupees aimed at assisting the under-privileged communities in the country that have been adversely affected by the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, according to news sources. Read: Punjab govt to give relief by setting up fair price shops The package was approved by the PM during a high-level meeting at his office and all important state officials were in attendance. The meeting discussed the overall economic situation in the country and the impact of the coronavirus disease outbreak. Read: Govt reforms will soon revive economic activity: SBP Governor The source reported that the monthly stipend offered under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has been increased from PKR 2,000 to PKR 3,000. It was also decided that the government would be disbursing the funds allocated under its Ehsaas initiative by using the data collected by the BISP. In addition to this amount, the number of beneficiaries has also been increased under the PM\u2019s relief package. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that this new relief package would assist the low-income groups by providing financial assistance under the Ehsaas initiative&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15020],"tags":[23941,23344,23940,23939],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-bisp","10":"tag-coronavirus","11":"tag-covid-19","12":"tag-pm-approves-relief-package-for-people-affected-by-economic-crises","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"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 approves relief package for low income groups - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday approved a relief package worth billions of rupees aimed at assisting the under-privileged communities\" \/>\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-approves-relief-package-low-income-groups.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM approves relief package for low income groups - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday approved a relief package worth billions of rupees aimed at assisting the under-privileged communities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-approves-relief-package-low-income-groups.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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