The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) regional office Sargodha  declared that all households that underwent the Benazir survey in the years 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 up to January 2023, or those who have not been surveyed yet, are now eligible for the Benazir dynamic survey. A comprehensive biometric survey for these households is set to be conducted once again. For women, who have already been surveyed after February 2023, are exempted from the survey and would be considered on the basis of that survey. According to BISP Deputy Director Sargodha Raazia Yasmin, the BISP offices across the district would remain open from 08:30AM to 4:00PM from Monday to Saturday to facilitate the beneficiaries, and there would be no fee for survey registration.

Raazia said that for registration for the survey, a household member aged 18 or above was required to complete a specific form and they should visit the nearest BISP office, and bring with them an electricity or gas bill. The survey aims to promptly determine the eligibility of the households. People were further advised that the government had outlined various facilities such as health cards, ration subsidies, as well as subsidies on electricity and gas bills, which would be determined on the basis of information gathered in the survey and every household could take part in the survey.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan