Benazir Income Support Programme

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The Punjab government has launched registration of poor and deserving families under the Ehsaas Program 8171  through the Punjab Socio-Economic Registry (PSER). In 2025, eligible households are receiving quarterly cash payments of Rs. 13,500 under the Benazir Kafaalat Program, along with education and health support. Now, women can also complete their registration through NSER survey centers and BISP offices.thumb|Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is a programme of the Pakistani government to fight against poverty. 

It has been implemented in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.  The program also operates in the federally administered regions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and the Islamabad Capital Territory.

 Eligibility 
To be eligible for cash payments under BISP, families must earn less than RS 13,500 per month; equivalent to $47. Further eligibility requirements stipulate that:

Families must have a female applicant holding a valid ID card
An individual applicant must be a widowed or divorced woman without male family members
Eligible families include those with physically or mentally disabled individuals

Families deemed ineligible for cash payments through BISP include those with:
Members employed by the Pakistani government, army, or any other government-affiliated agency
Members drawing a pension or receiving post-retirement benefits from the government
Family members owning more than 3 acres of farmland or more than 80 square yards of residential land
Members receiving income from other sources
Members holding a machine readable passport
Members with a National Identity Card for Overseas citizens
Members with a bank account excluding microfinance banks and those catering to low-income families

List of Chairpersons of Benazir Income Support Program
Name of ChairpersonEntered OfficeLeft OfficeFarzana RajaJuly 2008March 2013VacantMarch 2013November 2013Enver BaigNovember 2013November 2014VacantNovember 2014February 2015Marvi MemonFebruary 2015June 2018VacantJune 2018October 2018Sania NishtarOctober 2018April 2022Shazia MarriApril 20229 May 2024 Rubina Khalid9 May 2024 Present

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