By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Friday officially announced the opening of Ehsaas 8171 web portal. She was speaking during a press conference with local print and electronic media at the DC office in Battagram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Dr. Sania said that the Ehsaas survey in the country was 99.5% completed and enrollment of new Ehsaas beneficiaries based on the survey had commenced. For this reason, Ehsaas has launched the web portal so that people can check their status and collect cash, if eligible.
Speaking about the newly opened Ehsaas portal, Dr. Sania said, “In the interest of transparency, the final eligibility results of Ehsaas survey have been announced on the portal after determining eligibility through data analytics and rule-based procedures.â€
She continued, “households who have been registered through survey can now easily check their eligibility status under Ehsaas Kafaalat and Ehsaas Emergency Cash-II by entering their survey token or Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) number on the portal. If eligible, they can collect their cash from the nearest Ehsaas payment centres.†Ehsaas 8171 web-portal: ehsaastracking.pass.gov.pk.
Households are rejected or included in the Ehsaas cash transfers based on the information collected in the survey. Ehsaas registration desks have been opened at Tehsil level nationwide to facilitate households, who could not participate in the survey for some reasons.
They can self-register themselves by contacting the Ehsaas registration desks. This year 12 million deserving households are being paid Ehsaas cash grants on the basis of Ehsaas survey. Dr. Sania also visited a payment campsite in Chappalgram area of Battagram to witness Ehsaas cash disbursements being made to eligible Ehsaas beneficiaries.
She met with beneficiaries who were withdrawing Ehsaas cash with eligibility letters in their hands and 8171 messages on cell phones.
