Islamabad: About 1.645 million Flood affected families were disbursed PKR 30.3 Billion through Watan Card scheme.
National Database & Registration Authority, NADRA is all set to start second phase of Watan cards after issuance of over 1.6 million Cards effectively and transparently resolving all complaints of flood victims by using its efficient Complaints Redressal System, said Deputy Chairman NADRA Tariq Malik.
“National Disaster Management Authority estimated around 1.68 million families affected by flood, and we have given Watan Cards to over 1,645,262 million, which means we have done 99 percent of our job. Now after successful completion of the first phase we are determined and hopeful that this achievement would pave the way for the successful completion of second phase.” said Malik.
The second phase regarded as Citizen’s Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP) will provide cash transfers to more than one million flood affectees households.
We are striving hard with all provincial governments to quickly start the second phase. Good news is that World Bank has already approved $125m for the second phase, added Malik.
He said, in the first phase, NADRA disbursed cash assistance of Rs 30,350,275,877 to flood affected families across the country which is a big achievement and first ever disbursement of its kind in history. NADRA set a global example in helping people and giving them a mechanism for disbursement of cash assistance transparently.
Malik said that the Complaint Redressal System’s objective was to address the complaints from genuine and legitimate beneficiaries who were unable to get registered for Watan Cards and the system has been successful in doing so. He said NADRA received 300,000 complaints from flood affectees who had been facing different problems in getting Watan Cards and resolved them in all provinces.
He said that throughout the process NADRA ensured strong checks in the software so that only deserving families belonging to provincially notified calamity hit areas could obtain Watan Cards.
Malik further said that using its multi-biometric system, NADRA has ensured transparency and thwarted several attempts of misuse of the Watan Cards from miscreants. “About 1.3 million ineligible people visited NADRA registration centers to obtain Watan Cards but due to vigilant NADRA system they were not able to do so,” he added.
“Had our system not rejected 1.3 million ineligible applicants, government of Pakistan would have lost Rs 26 billion,” said Malik. “This is a perfect example of good governance and efficient service delivery recognized by international donors and agencies like World Bank,” he said.
He said that NADRA issued 608,825 Watan Cards in Punjab to disburse around Rs 11.98 billion. In Sindh, the number of Watan Cards issued was 651,990 with a disbursed amount of Rs 11.38 billion.
In Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa provinces, the number of Watan Cards issued stood at 120,918 and 243,208 with disbursed amount of Rs 2.19 billion and Rs 4.40 billion respectively.
In Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, 9,378 and 10,943 Watan Cards were issued disbursing Rs 155.99 million and Rs 212.06 million respectively.
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