CDCP Watan Cards Phase I & II

 CDCP (Citizen’s Damage Compensation Programme)

Watan Cards Phase I & II

In response to the flood crisis, the Government of Pakistan in collaboration with the Provincial Governments set up the Citizens’ Damage Compensation Program to support affected households with cash in their recovery efforts in all four provinces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan as well as Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Council of Common Interest (a constitutional body headed by the Prime Minister, and including the Chief Ministers of all provinces) made an immediate one-off payment of Pak Rs. 20,000 to the affected families. The Programme was financed jointly by the federal and provincial governments. The project was executed under the Watan Card Project to support the flood affected families.
 

 

Phase I: District Wise Summary of Cards Distributed

In Phase I, a total of 609,788 beneficiaries received Watan Card cash grant of Rs. 20,000 each. The district wise break-up with cards issued is given below:

  

Phase I : Tehsil Wise Break-up of Cards Distributed

WATAN CRADS  ISSUED (609,788)
S.No.	District	Tehsil	Cards Issued
1	BHAKKAR	BHAKKAR	7,649
		DARYA KHAN	2,694
		KALUR KOT	800
		MANKERA	1
			11,144
2	DG Khan	DERA GHAZI KHAN	18,742
		TAUNSA	7,234
			25,976
3	JHANG	AHMADPUR SIAL	824
		CHINIOT	11
		JHANG	10,299
		SHORKOT	2,136
			13,270
4	KHUSHAB	KHUSHAB	3,239
		NOORPUR	484
		QAIDABAD	1
			3,724
5	LAYYAH	CHOUBARA	1
		KAROR LAL ESAN	14,947
		LEIAH	30,600
			45,548
6	MIANWALI	ISAKHEL	23,206
		MIANWALI	35,441
		PIPLAN	4,668
			63,315
7	MULTAN	JALALPUR PIRWALA	4,308
		MULTAN CITY	2,593
		MULTAN SADDAR	4,935
		SHUJABAD	5,102
			16,938
8	MUZAFFARGARH	ALIPUR	21,485
		JATOI	18,791
		KOT ADDU	112,945
		MUZAFFARGARH	89,604
			242,825
9	RAHIM YAR KHAN	KHANPUR	5,568
		LIAQUAT PUR	11,514
		RAHIM YAR KHAN	10,716
		SADIQABAD	21,725
			49,523
10	RAJANPUR	JAMPUR	65,283
		RAJANPUR	32,911
		RAJANPUR (TRIBAL AREA)	1
		ROJHAN	27,115
			125,310
11	SARGODHA	BHALWAL	3,493
		KOT MOMIN	1
		SAHIWAL	3,857
		SARGODHA	198
		SHAHPUR	4,663
		SILLANWALI	3
			12,215
		Grand Total:	609,788

 

Grievances Redressel Phase I:

After successful completion of Phase I, the left over persons were accommodated in Phase I Grievance Redressels (writ cases). A total of 12,911 beneficiaries were processed for Watan Card, out of which approximately 8,000 met the eligibility criteria and received Watan Card.  
 

 

Phase II: District Wise Summary of HOH Data

The Government of Pakistan has planned second phase of CDCP to continue to support the recovery of flood affected households. This CDCP Phase II will provide a total of PKR. 40,000 to selected flood affected households, in two PKR 20,000 tranches.  Beneficiaries are anticipated to use these funds to not only cover basic consumption but to also recapitalize assets, repay loans, recover their livelihoods and repair housing.

In Phase II, a total of 320,551 beneficiary’s data was received by DCO’s of 11 flood affected districts, out of which 311,358 beneficiaries have started getting watan card after NADRA’s verification and remaining data was sent to districts for corrections. 

Phase II - District Wise Summary
SNO	DISTRICT	Watan Cards Data Phase II (collected via Household survey)	Clean Data – Sent to NADRA	Incorrect Data – Sent to Districts for Correction
1	BHAKHAR	3,743	3,704	258
2	D.G KHAN	22,940	22,619	2,197
3	JHANG	1,330	1,323	171
4	KHUSHAB	590	589	26
5	LAYYAH	39,780	38,726	2,508
6	MIANWALI	17,367	17,172	928
7	MULTAN	6,919	6,864	795
8	MUZAFARGARH	115,851	113,611	11,389
9	R.Y KHAN	21,229	20,297	5,738
10	RAJANPUR	90,375	86,028	18,985
11	SARGODA	427	425	26
	Total:	320,551	311,358	43,021

 

Phase II: Watan Card Certificate/Token

For Phase II, PDMA issued Watan Card Certificate/Token to assist NADRA for identification of correct beneficiary. A sample certificate is given below:

 

Phase II: Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria

Having identified the potential beneficiary flood-affected families the following business rules were applied:

The head of the family must provide his or her CNIC Number in order to verify that:

Ø  Head of family CNIC is available in NADRA Database.

Ø  Head of family CNIC is unique in NADRA Database.

Ø  Head of family CNIC is valid in NADRA Database.

Ø  Head of the family CNIC is clear in NADRA Database, i.e., is not marked suspect, alien or fraud.

Ø  Both or one address of the head of family indicated in the CNIC coincides with the affected areas.