Finance Minister said budgetary allocations for Benazir Income Support Program for the next financial year has been increased to 124.7 billion rupees as against 121 billion rupees in the outgoing year.

The Minister said government has launched a national poverty graduation program for BISP beneficiaries with more than nine point five billion rupees.

Under this program, beneficiaries willing to start their own businesses will be provided with a one time cash grant of fifty thousand rupees to start their own business.