‘Ehsaas Payment System’ to be digitalized by September this year: Dr. Sania
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar says over 7 million needy population of Pakistan are being looked after under ‘Ehsaas Kafalat Program’.
Talking to private news channel, she said ‘Ehsaas Payment System’ will be fully digitalized by September this year.
She said opening biometric ATMs and bank branches for the Ehsaas beneficiaries will be a major feature of the new Ehsaas digital payment system.
She said Ehsaas is focusing on accountability and impact which laid the foundations for becoming a globally leading example of how to tackle poverty.
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Utility Stores To Be Digitalized Nationwide
Digital transformation has the potential to revolutionize any society on both macro and micro levels. Digitalization has been further enabled by innovative technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, automated inventory databases, and automation of production processes which have modified the traditional ways of doing business and managing operations.
Overall, digitalization transforms the citizen’s relationship with their government or business and convinces them of the need to modernize the public sector for gaining maximum convenience.
While governments around the world are still striving to enter the age of digitalization, Pakistan is already covering a massive ground under the Digital Pakistan Initiative. A digitized form of government allows increased efficiency and transparency, streamlines its processes, optimizes the associated costs, improves access to information, and increases citizen engagement and level of thei
ISLAMABAD: The Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan (USC) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) for its digitisation by July this year.
Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Information Technology Aminul Haq, Federal Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal were present on the occasion along with NRTC MD Brigadier Tofique Ahmed, USC MD Umer Lodhi and PTCL CBSO Zarrar Hasham Khan.
Around 4,881 retail stores, 124 warehouses, 64 regional offices, 9 zonal offices along with all USC business processes including supply chain, warehousing, financials, human resources, payroll, and E-commerce will be automated by July 2021. This would be one of the largest digital transformation of an organisation in Pakistan with an enormous network of operational locations.
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