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BISP survey to be completed by August: Marvi

Published February 14, 2017 Updated February 14, 2017 12:00am

Chairper-son Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon on Monday said that door to door BISP survey and its pilot phase would be completed by August this year. Talking to Radio Pakistan, she said poverty Score Card has been revised to enhance the quality of data. The chairperson said information related to infant mortality, microfinance, migratory trends and access to justice have been added to enhance the robustness of National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER).
Ms Memon further said to overcome data quality errors, Computer Assisted Personal Interviews have been conducted. She said android application designed by BISP for data collection has in built checks and controls capable of identifying errors. Marvi said various schemes have been launched to empower women so as they would be able to earn a livelihood.