ISLAMABAD: About Rs315 billion have been disbursed to over 5 million deserving families across the country under Benazir Income Support Programme since 2008.
Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan revealed this, while informing the National Assembly during question hour. He said that BISP is not a poverty reduction programme rather it is an income support programme to provide a minimum income package to the poor.
The Parliamentary Secretary said the present government has increased expenditures of BISP from forty billion rupees in 2012-13 to 102 billion rupees in 2015-16. He said disbursement system has also been improved through Smart Cards. He said a new survey under this BISP programme will be carried out next year to identify new deserving families.
