I am pleased to release my policy statement on Ehsaas Program: PM

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has released his policy statement on Ehsas programme for poverty alleviation in Pakistan. In a tweet, he said his priority poverty reduction programme with its four focus areas and 115 policy actions will reduce inequality, invest in people, and uplift lagging districts. “I am pleased to release my policy statement on #Ehsaas, my priority poverty reduction programme with its 4 focus areas and 115 policy actions to reduce inequality, invest in people, and uplift lagging districts,” he tweeted. https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1115229120089272320 The four pillars include addressing elite capture and making the government system work to create equality; safety nets for disadvantaged segments of the population; jobs and livelihoods; and human capital development. In the policy document, the prime minister has reiterated his determination that Ehsaas is about the creation of a welfare state. He said for this purpose all tools and technology will be used to create precision safety nets and to promote financial inclusion besides supporting the economic empowerment of women. https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1115235828152905728 PM Khan said the program’s principles and approaches center on tapping multi-sectoral collaboration for solutions, ensuring joint federal-provincial leadership and mainstreaming the role of the private sector. He said an approach has been adopted to provide a level playing field on the one hand and foster locally-relevant innovation on the other, to create jobs and promote livelihood in quick-win areas. Imran Khan said the program is for the extreme poor, jobless, poor farmers, laborers, sick and undernourished as well as for students from low-income backgrounds and for poor women and elderly citizens. He said that this plan is also about lifting lagging areas where poverty is higher. The premier said Ehsaas' poverty reduction strategy is articulated in four pillars and it currently embodies 115 policy actions, which may be expanded as the process of consultations on the program, further widens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AhjTTBDCmw