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Cabinet cuts budget for e-voucher scheme
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 21/07/2021
» The cabinet on Tuesday cut the spending budget for the "Ying Chai Ying Dai" (the more you spend, the more you get) e-voucher cashback scheme to 9.8 billion baht from 28 billion baht because of fewer-than-expected participants.
PM calls meeting to map out further aid
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/06/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called an urgent meeting of the government's economic team on Monday to map out relief measures for those affected by the latest measures to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
NESDC's new head discusses path
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» Danucha Pichayanan, 50, became the new secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) on Oct 1. His predecessor, Thosaporn Sirisamphand, retired on the first day of fiscal 2021.
Daunting double portfolio
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/08/2020
» Supattanapong Punmeechaow is doubling up as deputy prime minister and energy minister in the cabinet reshuffle published in the Royal Gazette on Aug 6.
Thailand 'poised to soar'
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/06/2020
» Thailand is poised to soar in the global market with heightened investment attraction and a massive budget earmarked to rejuvenate the economy in the fourth quarter, as the Covid-19 pandemic eases, according to Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Opportunities amid the downturn
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2019
» Kobsak Pootrakool, deputy secretary-general to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for political affairs, is considered one of the premier's key economic advisers. He is also the secretary of the economic cabinet and tipped to be appointed soon as the head of an ad hoc committee tasked with monitoring the performance of economic agencies as assigned by the economic cabinet.
Steering the NESDB through transition
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thosaporn Sirisamphand was officially appointed on July 4 as the new secretary-general of the prestigious National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) after the position was left vacant for more than two months.
Finance Ministry to hold 99% of IBank
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/05/2018
» The government is set to inject 2 billion baht into state-owned Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank) as soon as there is an announcement of the amended Islamic Bank of Thailand Act in the Royal Gazette, allowing the Finance Ministry to hold more than 49% of the bank.
The man on mission to drive the EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 06/03/2017
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) has dominated current headlines, with the government pinning high hopes on the development. Generous tax breaks have been awarded to companies investing in skilled industries there.
'I am confident about 2017'
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2017
» The military government brought in Somkid Jatusripitak to lead the regime's economic team in 2015, as the country was struggling with internal politics and global economic downturn.