Family with a disabled to get Rs1,000 per month
November 18, 2008
Islamabad
All the families having a disabled person would get Rs1,000 per month under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan Salman Faruqui said here Monday.
He was addressing at the inaugural session of a workshop ‘Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities’ organised by Planning Commission in collaboration with Unicef. “Irrespective of the fact whether the family qualifies for the BISP or not, if it has a person with disability, it would get support of Rs1000 on monthly basis under the programme,” The Planning Commission deputy chairman said.
He said that the Planning Commission was committed to prepare an action plan for the welfare of the disabled of the country, and asked for constituting a special Task Force, under Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education, to prepare an action plan for the disable.
He assured that the recommendation prepared by the force would be presented to the federal government for further action and implementation. He, however, deplored that lack of action plan and commitment has always been a hurdle in the way of welfare of disabled people, saying that only eight institutions were added for the education of special children during past several years.
He said that there were only 119 institutions for the disable adding that the number would be doubled within a couple of years. He said that the funds for the special people would also be increased within this fiscal year.
Only 5,000 people among about 0.5 million disabled are cared by the government, he said adding that action plan was needed to facilitate a maximum number of disabled. He said that the commission was committed to ensure establishment of a special section/unit in every institute to start marketing skills training for the disable to make them self-sufficient and independent.
He said that the World Food Programme would be again approached to provide nutrition to the disabled, saying that if the WFP could not do the same, then government would be asked to provide nutrition to the disabled children.
Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education GM Sikandar deplored that the ministries, provincial governments and NGOs were not very much responsive to the ministry’s welfare programmes for the special people.
Among the ministries, he said, only two nominated focal persons, adding that same was the case with 26 provincial departments out of which only 10 focal persons were nominated whereas out of 27 NGOs only 2 nominated their focal persons.
All the families having a disabled person would get Rs1,000 per month under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan Salman Faruqui said here Monday.
He was addressing at the inaugural session of a workshop ‘Plan of Action for Persons with Disabilities’ organised by Planning Commission in collaboration with Unicef. “Irrespective of the fact whether the family qualifies for the BISP or not, if it has a person with disability, it would get support of Rs1000 on monthly basis under the programme,” The Planning Commission deputy chairman said.
He said that the Planning Commission was committed to prepare an action plan for the welfare of the disabled of the country, and asked for constituting a special Task Force, under Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education, to prepare an action plan for the disable.
He assured that the recommendation prepared by the force would be presented to the federal government for further action and implementation. He, however, deplored that lack of action plan and commitment has always been a hurdle in the way of welfare of disabled people, saying that only eight institutions were added for the education of special children during past several years.
He said that there were only 119 institutions for the disable adding that the number would be doubled within a couple of years. He said that the funds for the special people would also be increased within this fiscal year.
Only 5,000 people among about 0.5 million disabled are cared by the government, he said adding that action plan was needed to facilitate a maximum number of disabled. He said that the commission was committed to ensure establishment of a special section/unit in every institute to start marketing skills training for the disable to make them self-sufficient and independent.
He said that the World Food Programme would be again approached to provide nutrition to the disabled, saying that if the WFP could not do the same, then government would be asked to provide nutrition to the disabled children.
Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education GM Sikandar deplored that the ministries, provincial governments and NGOs were not very much responsive to the ministry’s welfare programmes for the special people.
Among the ministries, he said, only two nominated focal persons, adding that same was the case with 26 provincial departments out of which only 10 focal persons were nominated whereas out of 27 NGOs only 2 nominated their focal persons.
