ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Marvi Memon said on Monday that the BISP survey and its pilot phase would be completed by August this year.
Talking to Radio Pakistan, she said that the poverty score card has been revised to enhance the quality of data.
The chairperson further said that the 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 said to overcome data quality errors the computer assisted personal interviews have been conducted.
She said that the android application designed by the BISP for data collection has in built checks and controls capable of identifying the errors.
Marvi said various schemes have been launched to empower women so as they would be able to earn a livelihood.
The BISP had initiated the Biometric Verification system (BVS) for payments that would be extended to the whole country, she concluded.
