INFORMATION SYSTEM

UNIQUE IDENTITY
CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
LEAGUE OF SOCIAL SAFETY NET
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PAKISTAN - Overview

2016 Government of Pakistan

BISP Introduction
BISP,

a statutory body established under an

Act of Parliament BISP Act 2010
First largest, methodical & transparent social
safety net
Nationwide presence: 2400 employees
Maintains National Socio-Economic Registry:
Latest, scientific, reliable and extensive
database of socio-economic status of the
population
Technology based operations

BISP Initiatives

2016 Government of Pakistan

BISP Achievements

2016 Government of

Web Service
Biometric validation

BISP DB

IDENTITY
SOURCE

BISP

NADRA

Biometrics

M&E
DATA SHARING
EXTERNAL

Payment list
Reconciliation

FIELD SURVEY
REGISTRATION

PAYMENT
CASE MANAGEMENT

PAYMENT
PARTNER

Field Agents/payment points

Potential 250k+
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DASHBOARD NSER Update

Beneficiary Addition - CMS

PCMS Dashboard

National Database and Registration

Authority
450
Million
Fingerprin
ts

108
Million
Facial
Images

Eighteen
Thousand
Eighteen
Employee
Thousand
Employees
s

467
Registrati
467
Registrati
on
on
Centres;
Centres;
11
11
Overseas
Overseas

NAD
RA

95%
Populati
on
Coverag
e

250
Mobile
250
Mobile
Vans;
94
Vans;
94
SemiSemiMobile
Mobile
Units
Units

Two datacentres
150 miles
apart
120
Million
Identities
Issued

1,000
servers
and 9,000
computer
s

Registration Coverage

Millions
2016 Government of

Women Registration:
Women Empowerment

Millions
2016 Government of

Different Payment Mechanisms

Benazir Debit Cards Features

Magnetic
stripe

Magnetic stripe technology

QR Code

ATM Compatible

Accepted at ONE LINK ATMs

POS Compatible

Accepted at selected Bank

Franchises

2016 Government of Pakistan

QR
Code

Debit Cards Payment Process

Flow Chart of Funds Transfers from
LMA-1 to BB-LMA-2

BISP MIS/DB

Real time/Through Web services

Bank MIS/DB

BISP LMA-1 (CT)A/c with

Bank

Daily Accounts activities

Funds Transfer From

LMA1(CT)
to LMA-2

BISP LMA-1 (WR)A/c with Funds Transfer From LMA1(WR)

to LMA-2
Bank

Funds Transfer
to LMA-2 Account
BISP Beneficiary

Funds Transfer
to LMA-2 Account
BISP Beneficiary

Funds Transfer
to LMA-2 Account
BISP Beneficiary
:

2016 Government of Pakistan

Cash Received by
Beneficiary
Withdraw from
Franchise Agent

Withdraw
from ATM

Undrawn Funds will

be transferred back
to LMA-1 Account

Cash Received by
Beneficiary

Cash Received by
Beneficiary

Lessons Learnt

BISP Integrated System

Linked across hierarchy & programs through CNIC &

Member ID

CNIC is a national number available with NADRA

Member ID is BISP number for each member

Household ID is BISP number for each member

BISP IDs & Linkages

NADRA
CNIC

BISP

CNIC /
Member ID
DATA
COLLECTION
CNIC /
Member ID
DATA
SHARING
CNIC /
Member ID
PUNJAB
KP
SOCIAL
GOVT
PRO.

CNIC
HOUSEHOLD
ID
MEMBER ID
CNIC/member ID
CASE
MGMT.

CNIC
PAYMENTS

Member ID
WASEELAE-TALEEM

NGOS

Challenges & Opportunities

CHALLENGES
AUTOMATED DATA SHARING LIVE DATABASE
MINIMUM LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS ENFORCEMENT
LIVE CASE MANAGEMENT & UPDATES FROM EACH INTERVENTION
PROVINCIAL

PROGRAMS INTEGRATED
EACH INTERVENTION CONFORMING TO A MINIMUM STANDARD
NGO + MAJOR SUPPORT INITIATIVE IN FIELD INTEGRATED
FLAWLESS PAYMENT TO BENEFICIARY
SERVICE DELIVERY AT NEAREST SPOT

OPPORTUNITIES
UNIFIED

REPORTING ON ALL BENEFITS

NON DUPLICATION OF MONETARY RESOURCES
NON DUPLICATION OF ALL RESOURCES, ONCE REDUNDANCY IS
REMOVED
EFFICIENT POLICY MAKING
UP TO DATE INFORMATION - TO THE DAY
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LEAGUE OF SOCIAL SAFETY NET

INFO SHARING FRAMEWORK

Develop a data sharing

framework with common
program features

Distribute among all

stakeholders

Contribute information
studies, statistics / learning

information collation &

dissemination reports

implementation
improvement

LSSN INFO SHARING FRAMEWORK

DATA/PROGRAM
STATISTICS

REAL TIME
THROUGH
WEBSITES
BISP

BASELINE +
IMPACT STUDIES

IMPROVEMENTS

KNOWLEDGE

BRASIL

INDONESIA

INITIATIVES

TRANSLATED
IMPROVEMENT

H
INFO
DISSEMINATION

THANK YOU