Overview
- Punjab announced ration cards with a Rs3,000 monthly subsidy for more than 1.4 million workers to ease household food costs.
- Housing support is expanding, with 750 ready-built flats already allotted to labourers and 1,872 more pledged in the next phase.
- Social protection payments rose, lifting marriage assistance to Rs600,000 and death benefits to Rs1 million for eligible workers.
- Health and safety services are set to grow, as officials cite free care for millions at Social Security hospitals and plan Teleclinics, Workers Vigilance Centres, and an Occupational Safety and Health Management Center.
- Officials present the rollout as province-wide from Attock to Rahim Yar Khan, with 700 worker accommodations being developed at Quaid-e-Azam Business Park and a new Gosha-e-Mazdoor rest area opened in Lahore.