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Senate panel wants to examine old-rice stockpile
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/05/2024
» The senate committee on consumer protection wants to examine the quality of the old, stockpiled rice the government plans to auction off, and also suspects there are legal problems around its sale.
Policy pledges must add up, urges PM
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/03/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has issued a statement saying all governments must abide by financial discipline and good governance.
Palang Pracharath floats wage hike, tax cuts
Online Reporters, Published on 15/03/2019
» The Palang Pracharath Party has unveiled new key policies, including a minimum wage hike to 400-425 baht a day and personal income tax cuts, in the last stretch to the general election.
Section 44 to lever international schools in EEC
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 12/04/2017
» The government agreed Tuesday to invoke the powerful Section 44 of the interim charter to speed up the development of the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Heavy push for rice megafarms
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/01/2017
» The government is committed to ramping up the rice megafarm scheme this year, for which it provides soft loans, machinery and agricultural equipment to farmers in order to cut production costs and raise productivity. The scheme will cover 1.05 million rai of related farmland.
B127bn earmarked for rice scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/11/2016
» The government's scheme to delay releasing 10 million tonnes of new rice supply to the market, aimed at propping up sinking prices, will use a combined 127 billion baht in loans and subsidies, says the chief of the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
Apisak bid to calm BAAC nerves
Business, Published on 03/11/2016
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong has rushed to soothe jitters at the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) over concerns that the state bank will have to shoulder any losses from the government's storage pledging scheme.
Prayut vows new era for Thai goods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/12/2014
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has said Thailand must do more to bolster trade competitiveness in key commodity products.
Rice farmers seek B10,000 a tonne
Published on 26/09/2014
» Rice farmers will ask for 10,000 baht for a tonne for paddy, a level they find profitable, while a survey shows the farm sector is facing an acute labour shortage.
Farmers told to avoid second crop
Online Reporters, Published on 20/09/2014
» Rice farmers in Chai Nat have been asked to adapt and cooperate with authorities by not growing a second crop and to consider planting other crops.