{"id":63231,"date":"2020-03-25T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T12:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63231"},"modified":"2020-03-25T17:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T12:31:56","slug":"govt-introduces-ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-introduces-ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to support coronavirus affectees through Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar recently announced that the government&#8217;s &#8216;Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme&#8217; would benefit 67 million people in total \u2014 with the programme primarily aimed at assisting the people most affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-dc-orders-uninterrupted-food-supply-coronavirus-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rawalpindi DC orders for uninterrupted food supply during coronavirus lockdown (opens in a new tab)\">Rawalpindi DC orders for uninterrupted food supply during coronavirus lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailing the programme, Dr Nishtar announced that the\nEhsaas Emergency Cash Programme has been approved for 10 million families,\nwherein PKR 12,000 will be provided to each family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10 million people have been divided into three categories, with more than 4.5 million of these individuals expected to be women and beneficiaries of the Ehsaas Kafaalat initiative. Another 3 million people affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be identified through the socioeconomic database. Finally, 2.5 million will be identified through the Ehsaas SMS programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-allows-tax-concessions-businesses-affected-coronavirus-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IMF allows tax concessions to businesses affected by coronavirus pandemic (opens in a new tab)\">IMF allows tax concessions to businesses affected by coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eligibility for the second category would be revised up\nto PKR 20,000 per month and include people who are facing economic hardship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar recently announced that the government&#8217;s &#8216;Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme&#8217; would benefit 67 million people in total \u2014 with the programme primarily aimed at assisting the people most affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a news source reported. Read: Rawalpindi DC orders for uninterrupted food supply during coronavirus lockdown Detailing the programme, Dr Nishtar announced that the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme has been approved for 10 million families, wherein PKR 12,000 will be provided to each family. The 10 million people have been divided into three categories, with more than 4.5 million of these individuals expected to be women and beneficiaries of the Ehsaas Kafaalat initiative. Another 3 million people affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be identified through the socioeconomic database. Finally, 2.5 million will be identified through the Ehsaas SMS programme. Read: IMF allows tax concessions to businesses affected by coronavirus pandemic The eligibility for the second category would be revised up to PKR 20,000 per month and include people who are facing economic hardship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":63188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24239],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-govt-to-support-coronavirus-affectees-through-ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt introduces Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar recently announced that the government&#039;s\" \/>\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\/govt-introduces-ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt introduces Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar recently announced that the government&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-introduces-ehsaas-emergency-cash-programme.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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