Registration for Ehsaas Rashan Programme through SMS service restored

ISLAMABAD: The government had restored the registration of beneficiaries for the Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Programme through SMS service at 8171.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar said on Tuesday that families earning less than 50,000 rupees a month would be able to register themselves under the programme.

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Only one member of an applicant family, whose cell number was issued on his personal Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC), could enrol his or her family, either through the 8171 SMS service or the web portal.

For registration, a member of the family could SMS the CNIC number to 8171, said Radio Pakistan. Kiryana shopkeepers would only be able to register through the web portal: https://ehsaasrashan.pass.gov.pk/.

Dr Nishtar had opened the Ehsaas Rashan Riayat portal to register deserving families and Kiryana merchants earlier this month.

Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced the programme during an address to the nation. The Rs120 billion targeted subsidies programme would benefit 20 million families.