The incumbent government has increased the budgetary allocation of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) from 250 billion rupees to 400 billion rupees in one year.
According to the media reports, this was informed at a meeting chaired by Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri in Islamabad, to review the progress of Benazir Income Support Programme initiatives.
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During the meeting, it was told that 70 billion rupees were disbursed among 2.8 million flood-affected families at the rate of 25,000 rupees per family. Moreover, 16.7 billion rupees were also given as fuel subsidies to over eight million families at the rate of rupees 2000 per family.
The meeting was further informed that the Benazir Kafalat funds have been increased by 25 percent for deserving people.
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