Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr Sania Nishtar Thursday chaired the Ehsaas field conference held with all field teams.

The conference took stock of frequently asked questions about programmes of Ehsaas and how beneficiaries are benefitting from Ehsaas in the field. As many as 300 participants joined online nationwide.

According to state media, primary objective of conducting this conference was to share the field learnings, experiences and findings in connection with the nationwide accomplishment of door-to-door Ehsaas Survey, opening of 413 Ehsaas registration desks and Ehsaas 8171 web-portal, drive to enrol children under Ehsaas Education Stipends.

Dr. Sania stressed the need for shared learning and cross exposure among field teams to well-facilitate Ehsaas beneficiaries.

“Ehsaas is an evidence-based programme. Field teams should learn from each other’s experiences so that issues being faced by beneficiaries can be solved first-hand”, said Dr. Sania.

The Ehsaas survey in the country is 99.5% complete and enrolment of new Ehsaas beneficiaries based on the survey has begun. This year 12 million deserving households are being paid Ehsaas cash grants based on Ehsaas survey.