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BISP survey to be completed by August 2017: Chairperson

ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Chairperson Benazir Income Support
Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon said on monday 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.
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).
Marvi 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.
BISP had initiated Biometric Verification system (BVS) for
payments that would be extended to the whole country, she
concluded.