Punjab Ehsaas Programme Act, 2022

From: 2022-11-14 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for establishment of the Punjab Ehsaas Programme. It is necessary to provide for establishment of the Punjab Ehsaas Programme as a new umbrella social protection and poverty alleviation programme of the Government to develop new programmes and to reform, reorganize and consolidate the existing initiatives of poverty alleviation and social protection in the Punjab to optimize their effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Ehsaas Programme Act 2022. (2) This Act extends to whole of the Punjab. (3) This Act shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act: (a) “Chairperson” means Chairperson of the Ehsaas Council; (b) “CEO” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Programme; (c) “Ehsaas Council” means the Executive Council of the Programme constituted under section 8 of this Act; (d) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; (e) “implementing agencies” means: (i) in case of the public sector, the administrative departments, attached departments, corporations, autonomous bodies, organizations or trusts notified under this Act; and (ii) in case of the private sector, all NGOs, trusts or development partners responsible for executing any poverty alleviation and social protection programme, including the Programme, whether under any relevant Federal, Provincial or local law, or, as the case may be, its charter, memorandum of association or other constitutional or governing document, adopted voluntarily, or under the poverty alleviation and social protection policy framework of the Government; (f) “member” means a member of the Ehsaas Council; (g) “Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)” means any not-for-profit entity established under any law for the time being in force for the purpose of promoting social welfare, charity or any other useful object; (h) “Programme” means the Punjab Ehsaas Programme established under section 3 of this Act; (i) “regulations” means the regulations framed under this Act; and (j) “rules” means the rules made under this Act. 3.…