Manila, May 9 -- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao on Thursday said the agency was batting for the automatic adjustment of cash grants for the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

She said the department has kept working with the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to find an appropriate index to use for the automatic adjustment.

Early this year, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed the DSWD, NEDA and PSA to study the current cash assistance given to indigents and recipients of the 4Ps to make these more responsive to economic shocks.

"Part of the directiv...