Child Support Programme (CSP)

 

   

Introduction

 

  • An add on Conditional cash transfer Programme
  • Piloted in 03 districts ( Tharpakar, Bhakkar & Kohistan)
  • Now upscaled in 08 additional districts across the country
  • Continued technical collaboration of the World Bank

 

 

Objectives

  • To promote primary school education and reduce dropout ratio by providing additional resources to ultra poor families for sending   their children to schools

Beneficiaries

  • Incentive in the form of cash transfers (On Quarterly Basis)
  • Amount of benefit:
    • Rs. 300/- per month for one child
    • Rs. 600/- per month for two or more children
  • An amount of Rs. 57.29 (m) has been disbursed among around 12000 households beneficiaries having 35,700 children.

Future Vision

  • After successful evaluation of the pilot, CSP will be scaled up in 29 districts across the country in year 2010-11. Coverage of  144 districts countrywide  including AJK, NA & FATA will be in a phased manner

CSP Scale-up Districts (2008-09)

Sr No

District

1

Bhakkar

2

Tharparkar

3

Kohistan

4

Ghanchey (ICT)

5

Kharan (Balochistan)

6

Rawalpindi (Punjab)

7

Nawabshah (Sindh)

8

Quetta (Balochistan)

9

Multan (Punjab)

10

Muzafarabad (AJK)

11

Abbottabad (NWFP)

 

CSP Scale-up Plan

 

#

Year

Districts for Scale-up

1

2007-08

3

2

2008-09

11

3

2009-10

29

4

2010-11

53

5

2011-12

96

6

2012-13

144

 

CSP Payments Detail

 

 

Year: 2008

Years

Districts

Beneficiaries

Amount paid

Beneficiaries Paid

Total Amount

2008

1st CSP Payment

Bhakkar

3264

3,069,000

10903

10,316,250

Tharparkar

4141

3,812,550

Kohistan

3498

3,434,700

2nd CSP Payment

Bhakkar

956

978,150

5536

5,690,700

Tharparkar

2357

2,190,000

Kohistan

2223

2,522,550

3rd CSP Payment

Bhakkar

929

940,800

5206

5,398,298

Tharparkar

1982

2,071,156

Kohistan

2295

2,386,342

 

Year: 2009 & 2010

Years

Districts

Beneficiares

Amount paid

Beneficiaries Paid

Total Amount

2009

4th CSP Payment

Bhakkar

2745

2,580,260

7861

7,863,794

Tharparkar

2459

2,599,344

Kohistan

2657

2,684,190

5th CSP Payment

Bhakkar

2697

2,617,350

6854

6,367,500

Tharparkar

1873

1,573,650

Kohistan

2284

2,176,500

6th CSP Payment

Bhakkar

2423

3,980,100

6860

10,031,850

Tharparkar

2061

2,793,750

Kohistan

2376

3,258,000

2010

7th CSP Payment

Bhakkar

2517

4,346,677

6985

11,620,384

Tharparkar

1985

2,998,800

Kohistan

2483

4,274,907

Total Amount (All Seven Payments)

57,288,776