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Business Recorder
15 hours ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Rs385.64bn disbursed to 9.87m BISP beneficiaries till March 31st
ISLAMABAD: An amount of 385.64 billion rupees of the total budgeted amount of Rs 598.72 billion was disbursed to 9.87 million beneficiaries under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) till 31 March 2025, so noted the 2024-25 Economic Survey. The disbursed amount included Rs328.47 billion unconditional cash transfer (UCT) and Rs57.17 billion conditional cash transfer (CCT), reveals the Economic Survey for the last financial year 2024-25, issued by the Finance Ministry on Monday. In the last financial year 2023-24, Rs 454.55 billion of the total budgetedRs471.68 billion was disbursed to 9.30 million BISP beneficiaries including Rs360.17 billion UCT and Rs 94.38 billion CCT, the Economic Survey reveals. Overall, since its inception (in the year 2008), BISP has disbursed a total of Rs2,607.81 billion in grants, including Rs 276.09 billion under CCT, and Rs 2,331.72 billion under UCT, benefiting a total of 9.87 million individuals, states the government document. According to the Economic Survey, from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, a total of 6.9 million existing beneficiary households were re-surveyed through Dynamic Registration Centres (DRCs) across the country under BISP's flagship Kafaalat UCT programme that was launched in 2008 to provide financial assistance to eligible households identified through NSER. 'Eligibility is determined using the Proxy Means Test (PMT), with a cut-off score currently set at 32 (or 37 for families with disabled members). The cash grant has gradually increased from Rs 3,000 per quarter in FY 2009 to Rs 13,500 per quarter in FY 2025,' reads the document. The annual budget for Kafaalat Programme in FY 2025 stood at Rs 461 billion. An amount of Rs 328.47 billion was disbursed to 7.87 million Kafaalat beneficiaries during July-March in the outgoing fiscal year, suggests the government data. The National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER) plays a vital role in shaping evidence-based policies and designing public sector development programmes by offering comprehensive socio-economic data, notes the Economic Survey. The NSER supports key initiatives like BISP and various social safety net programmes managed by the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety (PASS), while also assisting the private sector in crafting targeted programmes, the Survey states. 'In 2024-25, NSER data was accessed by 32 public and private organisations, underscoring its importance as a trusted source for enhancing social protection and development programmes, particularly for marginalised communities. During this period, significant efforts were made to improve the NSER Dynamic Registry, including updating household data, enhancing the Dynamic NSER Android app to ensure better privacy protection, expanding registration coverage, and deploying mobile registration vans to reach remote areas in Balochistan and Sindh,' according to the Economic Survey. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Business
- Express Tribune
BISP, World Bank discuss data security
Listen to article The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and the World Bank have agreed to deepen collaboration to strengthen data security, transparency, and operational reforms in Pakistan's social protection systems. The decision was made during a meeting between BISP Chairperson Senator Rubina Khalid and World Bank Lead Economist Melis U Guven at BISP Headquarters. The two sides discussed strategies to improve data sharing practices, ensure cyber safety, and implement structural improvements in welfare delivery. Khalid called for a national-level workshop to raise awareness among provincial stakeholders about cybersecurity risks and the importance of responsible data sharing. "After NADRA, BISP maintains the second-largest household data repository in Pakistan through the National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER)," she said. "There is now a pressing need to centralise this data to enhance its use in development planning."
Perth Now
15-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
No penalty for bookmaker that targeted problem gamblers
An online bookmaker that sent hundreds of marketing messages to people on the self-exclusion register has avoided a financial penalty, but has paid a $500,000 fine for sending spam to customers. PointsBet contravened laws relating to BetStop - the national self-exclusion register, by delaying closing accounts of customers who had registered and sending marketing messages to self-excluded people. It also sent more than 800 messages that breached Australia's e-marketing laws, an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority found. ACMA said a financial penalty was "not available" for the NSER breaches due to the "complex and novel matters investigated" and PoinstBet would instead be subject to "comprehensive court-enforceable undertakings". "A failure to comply with an enforceable undertaking can lead to court-ordered financial penalties," ACMA said in a statement. The investigation found PointsBet sent 508 marketing messages to self-excluded individuals in August and September 2023. By law, people registered with the NSER must not be sent marketing materials from a licensed wagering service. There were "no excuses" for gambling companies that fail to understand their legal obligations given the risks to people experiencing gambling harms, ACMA Chair Nerida O'Loughlin said. "It is deeply concerning that these failures have impacted PointsBet's customers, some of whom had taken proactive steps to exclude themselves from online wagering," she said. People signing up to the NSER were taking positive steps and and their decision "must not be compromised by companies like PointsBet", Ms O'Loughlin said ACMA found that no excluded customers were able to place bets with PointsBet during the period investigated. The undertakings commit PointsBet to reviews of its compliance with spam and NSER laws, actioning any recommended improvements and providing regular training for all relevant staff. "This action should serve as a warning to all wagering providers that they must meet their legal obligations or face the consequences," Ms O'Loughlin said. PointsBet was fined $500,800 for 705 emails sent in 2023 that contained a direct link to its betting products without including an "unsubscribe" function. National Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858
West Australian
15-05-2025
- Business
- West Australian
No penalty for bookmaker that targeted problem gamblers
An online bookmaker that sent hundreds of marketing messages to people on the self-exclusion register has avoided a financial penalty, but has paid a $500,000 fine for sending spam to customers. PointsBet contravened laws relating to BetStop - the national self-exclusion register, by delaying closing accounts of customers who had registered and sending marketing messages to self-excluded people. It also sent more than 800 messages that breached Australia's e-marketing laws, an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority found. ACMA said a financial penalty was "not available" for the NSER breaches due to the "complex and novel matters investigated" and PoinstBet would instead be subject to "comprehensive court-enforceable undertakings". "A failure to comply with an enforceable undertaking can lead to court-ordered financial penalties," ACMA said in a statement. The investigation found PointsBet sent 508 marketing messages to self-excluded individuals in August and September 2023. By law, people registered with the NSER must not be sent marketing materials from a licensed wagering service. There were "no excuses" for gambling companies that fail to understand their legal obligations given the risks to people experiencing gambling harms, ACMA Chair Nerida O'Loughlin said. "It is deeply concerning that these failures have impacted PointsBet's customers, some of whom had taken proactive steps to exclude themselves from online wagering," she said. People signing up to the NSER were taking positive steps and and their decision "must not be compromised by companies like PointsBet", Ms O'Loughlin said ACMA found that no excluded customers were able to place bets with PointsBet during the period investigated. The undertakings commit PointsBet to reviews of its compliance with spam and NSER laws, actioning any recommended improvements and providing regular training for all relevant staff. "This action should serve as a warning to all wagering providers that they must meet their legal obligations or face the consequences," Ms O'Loughlin said. PointsBet was fined $500,800 for 705 emails sent in 2023 that contained a direct link to its betting products without including an "unsubscribe" function. National Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858
