How do I apply for ehsaas emergency Cash

By | May 19, 2020

How to Apply for Ehsaas Emergency Cash Second Phase

Ehsaas Emergency Cash Second Phase

Within a month and a half after announcing the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program, the federal government has successfully distributed emergency cash among millions of families.

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched an SMS service in early April that connected the deserving families to the government’s database for Ehsaas Emergency Cash.

Ehsaas Emergency Cash Second Phase

Ehsaas Emergency Cash Second Phase

She said that the total allocation for this program is Rs. 144 billion. However, if the demand for Ehsaas Emergency Cash is higher, additional resources will be set aside.

Under this program, the federal government provided Rs. 12,000 to every family facing financial crunch due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. As per the Chairperson Ehsaas Program, Dr. Sania Nishtar, as many as 10 million families across the country will benefit from this offer.

However, so far, the federal government has transparently disbursed more than Rs. 101 billion among more than 8.2 million deserving individuals to cope with the economic crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Who Can Apply?

According to one of her statements, one individual from each deserving family can apply for the program. However, the following people will not be eligible.

  • Those who don’t have a valid CNIC.
  • Current or ex-government (federal or provincial) employees and their spouses.
  • Those who have traveled abroad in the recent past.
  • Those registered to any other relief scheme under the federal government.
  • Those who own a property.
  • Have utility bills of more than Rs. 10,000
  • Those who have mobile bills equal to or more than Rs. 1,000 per month.
  • Those having a passport or having applied for one and their spouses.
  • Whose three or more family members having availed CNIC with executive fees.

How to Apply

The government has kept registration for this program straightforward to ensure that even an illiterate person with basic knowledge of Mobile Phones can apply.

Here is how you can do it:

  • To get yourself enrolled for the emergency cash program, all you have to do is to write your CNIC number in an SMS and send it to 8171.
  • The government will filter out your details in its socio-economic database.
  • Within the next 24 hours, you will receive an SMS for confirmation or rejection.
  • If you have been asked to contact district administration, you should not worry. Such people can apply online by using the Ehsaas web portal (here is the link: https://ehsaas.nadra.gov.pk/ehsas/).

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