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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to launch the Ehsaas’ Kifalat programme today.
Two thousand rupees will be given to each deserving family per month under this programme. About five hundred thousand people will benefit from it.
According to data, the total numbers of expected Kafaalat beneficiary women are around seven million. Enrollments of one million families in 70 districts have already begun and these families will start receiving Kifaalat stipends from the next two months.
These families will start receiving Kifalat stipends from February to March 2020, while more beneficiaries would be added through desk registration over the course of the year.
Interest-free loans up to Rs 75,000 and other facilities will be provided gradually in other phases.
PM’s Special Assistant, Dr. Sania Nishtar has said that the Kifalat programme would be launched in 15 districts within few weeks to empower the poor segments of society.
A total sum of Rs192 billion is to be spent on the welfare of the people under the Ehsaas Kifalat Programme.
Kifaalat is part of the wider Ehsaas programme, where women will have better access to opportunities to graduate themselves out of poverty. All Ehsaas graduation opportunities will be made available to the beneficiaries to uplift their living standard.
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