OPINION

Schemes for poor lack forethought

News, Decharut Sukkumnoed, Published on 24/11/2016

» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government's decision to give New Year handouts, totalling 12.8 billion baht, to low-income people has triggered a huge debate. Many have branded the subsidy, a one-time giveaway, as populism that puts the regime in the same rank as politicians whom they had strongly criticised.