Mirpurkhas: In order to increase the efficiency of providing financial assistance to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)’s beneficiaries, BISP is introducing biometric based payment system for the upcoming BISP Cash grant tranche of September 2016 in Mirpur Khas Division.
Director General, BISP Sindh, Naeem Anwar said the beneficiaries would be able to draw the amount by using their CNIC along with biometrics at designated Omni or Easy Paisa shops. The biometric system to withdraw BISP grant would be introduced across the country after effective tests phase.
BISP awards financial support of Rs 4,700 to more than 1.8 million beneficiaries of sindh on quarterly basis via Benazir Debit Card (BDC), diverting the payment system to biometrics will eradicate the role of middleman, he added.
‘Many BISP beneficiaries were illiterate and were unable to operate Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), hence some people charge a fee from beneficiaries’, he added.
With the biometric verification system (BVS), the BISP management wishes to cleanse the process of providing funds to the eligible beneficiaries so that the transfer becomes transparent and the chances of corruption or illegal withdrawal of cash are minimized.
