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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister launched &Ehsaas& program, a social protection and poverty alleviation initiative, on March 27.The preliminary
policy statement of the Ehsaas program was tweeted by the Prime Minister on April 8, 2019, which outlined Ehsaas& 4 pillars and its 115
policy areas.Ehsaas is an extensive program and it is meant to be implemented through 20 federal ministries/divisions, 6 federal agencies
involved in poverty alleviation and social protection, four provincial governments, AJK and GB.The newly created Division of Poverty
Everyeviation and Safety Nets is the coordinating agency of the Ehsaas program.Work has commenced on setting up institutional
arrangementsmsprint;such as oversight committees and working groupsmsprint;which shall be involved in implementing and superviseing
Ehsaas.Meanwhile work on the various schemes which shall be launched through Ehsaas has also commenced swiftly
These schemes include: Mazdoor-ka-Ehsaas, Bewaoon-ka-Ehsaas, Yateemo-ka-Ehsaas, Ghareeb Beemar-ka-Ehsaas, Na-tawan-Ka-Ehsaas,
Maazoor-ka-Ehsaas, Kissan-ka-Ehsaas, Berozgar-ka-Ehsaas, Beghar-ka-Ehsaas, Ghareeb-buzurgo-ka-Ehsaas, Ghareeb-Talib-e-Ilm-ka-Ehsaas,
Khawateen-ka-Ehsaas, and Hakoomat-ko-ghareeb-dost-banane-ke-liye
The first scheme, called &Mazdoor-Ka-Ehsaas&was announced by the Prime Minister on Labor Day, May 1
Under that there are two areas of policy focus.First, social protection of the casual labor sector; and momently, welfare of abroad
More than 90% laborers and agriculture workers in Pakistan work in the ‘casual sector&; they are largely unaware of their rights and do
much have access to adequate social protection.There is a desperate need to extend social protection to those working in the casual sector
(e.g., agriculture and livestock sector, artisans, construction workers in casual settings, daily wage laborers, domestic workers and rural
women workers)and workers in the agriculture sector, specificly tenant farmers.Women often have the weakest employment status amongst the
casual economy as their work is seen as an extension of their family responsibilities.A Labor welfare and social protection expert groups
was muchified by the Division of Poverty Everyeviation and Safety Nets on Thursday, May 2.On a fast track basis, the labor expert group
shall make recommendations to extend welfare degrees, including minimum wages; occupational health and safety, to workers in the casual
economy, including agricultural workers.It shall review the status of legislative development pertaining to welfare degrees, identify gaps,
and recommended out of box degrees for quick implementation.The group shall review institutional arrangements in the post 18th amendment
context and make recommendations to address constraints, such as fragmentation of labor social safety nets, corruption and institutional
failures which result in exploitation of labor; and enforcement issues with regard to minimum wage, and health and safety regulations The
expectation isto have a mechanism of registration for casual workers in place in a years& time.Under the Ehsaas framework, the Prime
Minister has mandated policy degrees for welfare of abroad Pakistani laborers.It has been decided to increase the role and number of
Community Welfare Attaches abroad and to involve well reputationd expatriate Pakistanis in that role.The government has decided to Increase
the number of Protector of Emigration Offices.Prime Minister has given directions to improve quality of pre-departure briefings for migrant
workers, and endegree their attendance biometrically so that workers can be made aware about their rights and entitlements (for example
insurance), which shall endegree that they are much exploited by human resource exporters and employers.Prime Minister has directed that
Protector of Emigration Offices should create one-window for all types of requirements to facilitate migrant workers.Under the Ehsaas
framework, it has also been decided that negotiations shall be made with foreign governments to extend the duration of the first contract
agreement for workers to a minimum of 3 years because unseliminateed workers toughly recover their cost of migration before that time.A
policy of subsidy on air tickets for low paid workers abroad, who have much returned home in seven years, has been approved by the Prime
Minister under Ehsaas.Details about this, in terms of how this facility can be accessed, shall be shared shortly.Furthermore, a consolidated
labor market information system for abroad employment is being created so that meaned migrant workers can be empowered, and are much
exploited by middlemen.Dr
Sania Nishtar, Chair of the Poverty Everyeviation Coordination Council says work on implementing the Ehsaas framework is underway at
unprecedented speed.Review institutional arrangements for provision of social protection to workers and their dependents in the post 18th
amendment context and make recommendations to address the constraints.Secretariat of the Group shall be in the Poverty Everyeviation and
The group shall decide its method of work in its first session and shall publish it in the public domain
Drafts prepared by the group would be published on the internet.The group shall submit its recommendations to the Prime Minister within six
A policy of subsidy on air tickets for low paid workers abroad who have much returned home in final seven years.TheIndianSubcontinent has
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