KP govt decides to introduce loan scheme for persons with disabilities

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch the Ehsaas Loan Programme at a cost of Rs.500 million to economically empower persons with disabilities (PWDs).

Ehsaas Scholarship Programme, with an allocation of Rs.700 million, has also been launched for students with disabilities.

The programme has been included in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the current financial year. Under the initiative, interest-free loans will be provided to persons with disabilities on easy terms, enabling them to start businesses, earn a respectable livelihood and become economically self-reliant.

The objective of the programme is to meet the educational needs of students with disabilities and provide them with greater opportunities for higher education. Under the programme, scholarships will be provided to deserving students with disabilities.

Advisor to KP CM on Social Welfare, Malik Liaquat Ali Khan has said that the Ehsaas Umeed Card Programme would also be inaugurated soon.

Under the programme, 10,000 persons with disabilities will receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 5,000. He added that a similar card-based initiative was also being introduced for orphans and widows, under which eligible beneficiaries would receive Rs. 5,000 per month.

Under the scheme all financial assistance would be transferred directly into the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries to ensure transparency and enable deserving people to receive their assistance directly.

Persons with disabilities and other deserving segments of society would not have to visit government offices for registration. Instead, registration facilities would be provided at their doorsteps, with Social Welfare Department officials visiting households to register eligible beneficiaries and collect the required information.

On the occasion, he also announced financial assistance of Rs.50,000 for an elderly person with a disability and directed the relevant authorities to take immediate steps to resolve the problems presented by persons with disabilities.

Malik Liaquat Ali Khan said that a special quota for persons with disabilities would also be allocated in the Dowry Fund to help reduce the financial difficulties faced by them and their families.

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