CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Announces Rs. 40 Billion Rashan Card Scheme in Budget 2025–26
In the Punjab Budget 2025-26, the Punjab Government, led by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, has announced a Rs. 40 billion Mega Rashan Card Scheme. Targeted at the improvement of the economic condition of low-income and industrial worker families, this initiative can be viewed as an ambitious move in the direction of social welfare reform in the province. The program will issue 1.5 million Rashan Cards so that the families can afford basic food products at subsidized prices each month.
Historic Financial Commitment to Fight Hunger
One of the main billed announcements in the Punjab Budget 2025-26 was the Rs. 40 billion allocation of the CM Punjab Rashan Card Scheme. The government sources stated that the financial assistance is supported by the Punjab Labour Department as well as the Social Security Department, with the province showing a joint commitment to aiding the industrial workers and the poor.
This will be one of the greatest food subsidy programs ever implemented in Pakistan and serves over 8.4 million people
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Who Will Get the Rashan Card?
This Rashan Card Scheme 2025 will be issued in two stages:
1. Automatic Delivery of Ramzan Package to its Recipients
More than 1 million households, which were allowed to receive Rs. 10,000 within the Nigehban Ramzan Relief Package 2025, are automatically eligible to obtain the new Rashan Card. There is no need to re-register these families since they have already been checked. They also shall be informed through SMS and issuance of a smart card would be done by the Bank of Punjab.
2. New Families Registration
Other families who are not in the Ramzan Relief Program have to be registered by the Punjab Social & Economic Registry (PSER). This makes things transparent and with verification based on data, by focusing on low-income families.
The eligible applicants are expected to satisfy the following requirements:
- Needs to be one of the permanent residents of Punjab
- An income of less than Rs. 50,000 monthly among households
- He is not available in any department of government.
- Does not appear on the list of taxpayers or filers
- Should not engage in any crime
- Only one individual (per household) may apply
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How to Register for the Rashan Card Scheme 2025
To new applicants, the registration process would be easy, accommodating, and accessible to all individuals.
Offline Registration
Over 5,000 Khidmat Markaz facilities in Punjab are appointed where offline registration can be done. These centers may be visited by the families and they can be accommodated after providing their CNIC there during which the staff will guide them to fill the PSER survey. This form is particularly valuable to the illiterate or aged applicants.
Online Registration
Regarding tech-savvy families, it can be registered on the official PSER portal:
Visit: https://pser.punjab.gov.pk
Steps:
- Enter CNIC, mobile number and email
- Give domestic data and employment profile
- Address and conditions of living
- After filling in the form, wait to be confirmed
The verified families will then get a smart Rashan Card connected to a subsidy mechanism that they can use in the verified shops as well as utility points.
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What Will the Rashan Card Offer?
Upon its issuance, the CM Punjab Rashan Card Scheme can be utilized in purchasing discounted foodstuffs as well as utility shops that are partnered in the card issuance scheme. On the essential goods, the government will subsidize the monthly purchases which include:
- Wheat flour (Atta)
- Sugar
- Cooking oil/ghee
- Rice
- Lentils (Daal)
Such a move will directly solve the problem of increasing food inflation and hopefully introduce significant easing to the monthly budget of millions of working people.
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Transparent Tracking and Application Status
The applicants will be able to see the status of Rashan Card Scheme application through the PSER portal at a later date or a mobile application at an even later date. By entering CNIC number:
- Enquire whether your application is successful
- Check delivery/ pickup information
- Reason (if applicable) of rejection See
Official numbers like 8070 or 8123 will also send SMS alerts to update the applicants.
Why This Scheme Matters
CM Maryam Nawaz, in her budget address made it clear that this is not charity, but a constitutional duty of the government to save people, especially the poor, against starvation. She continued, no worker must have to sleep on an empty stomach. This was the Pakistan we have delivered on our promise.
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Final Words:
CM Punjab Rashan Card Scheme 2025 is among the highlights of the social welfare of Pakistan. It has a well-defined structure, good funding, and a huge population to benefit and will thus emerge as an ideal food relief program in South Asia.
And whether you are an industrial worker, a wage earner, or a well-deserving family not included in the previous aid schemes.
