Minister of
State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi Memon held a meeting with Deputy Chairman
Planning Commission Sartaj Aziz to discuss the maximum utilization of National
Socio Economic Registry (NSER) in planning. During the meeting she shared the
results and analysis of data collected during NSER survey in pilot districts
across Pakistan. Member Social Safety Dr Asma Haider and Chief Poverty
Alleviation Zafar ul Hassan were also present in the meeting.
Mr Sartaj Aziz said that data
sharing between various organizations would result in better development
planning and the departments should collaborate with each other so as to
benefit from each other’s experience. He said that the collaboration
between BISP and Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) would be helpful in
enriching PBS data bank that is utilized for development planning. He directed
his team to coordinate with BISP so as to utilize maximally from NSER as it
would help Planning Commission in the monitoring of SDGs.
While briefing on NSER, Chairperson
BISP said that BISP NSER data should be used for targeted subsidies by all govt
departments. She added that the ongoing NSER survey is technology enabled that
is being done through tablets. The automated
systems enable BISP to ensure 100% accurate data collection by identifying and
rectifying any error in the collected data during survey on real time basis. It
is history in the making as it would make BISP the top social
safety net of the world, thus putting Pakistan ahead of other countries.
Data Analytics of collected data
from pilot districts was also shared with planning commission. Data
analysis of province wise age distribution, education level, employment status,
population brackets, literacy rates, disability stats, house construction based
pilot districts survey was also presented. The data showed Punjab with
highest proportion of youth population, KPK with second highest literacy rate
after Punjab, Balochistan with highest disability prevalence, Gilgit with
highest proportion of post graduate population and FATA with highest
unemployment rate.
Mr Sartaj Aziz said that data
sharing between organizations must be two-way. The departments that utilize
BISP data must share the details of data usage so that BISP is able to
analyze the status of its beneficiaries on regular basis. Chairperson BISP
apprised him that the mechanism for double data sharing is being developed. It
was discussed to hold dialogues with different ministries on data sharing so as
to maximize the utilization of NSER for development planning and targeted
subsidies.
