ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (APP):Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has exited an additional 29,961 individuals from its list of beneficiaries, following the data cleaning exercise under Ehsaas Governance framework.
In a tweet, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Tuesday revealed that additional 29,961 individuals have been made ineligible for receiving the cash assistance as per availability of more data in 2020.
BISP data cleaning under #Ehsaas Governance Framework: In 2019,BISP exited 820,165 individuals from its beneficiaries’ list, of which 142,556 were govt servants. As more data became available in 2020,an additional 29,961 benef hv also been made ineligible.https://t.co/4vOtzlXuut pic.twitter.com/dAkrA1C2Tj
— Sania Nishtar (@SaniaNishtar) February 2, 2021
Among those removed from the BISP list of beneficiaries included 15,326 pensioners, 273 government employees, 9,991 high income individuals (as documented by FBR data) and 4,371 employees of autonomous agencies (as per data of 30 out of 74 agencies), Dr. Nishtar disclosed.
Earlier in the year 2019, BISP exited 820,165 individuals from its beneficiaries’ list out of which 142,556 were government servants.
