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Gold card scheme at risk of collapse
News, Published on 19/08/2024
» Health experts say the universal healthcare policy, aka the 30-baht gold card scheme, is unlikely to provide adequate security to every citizen, suggesting the scheme be reformed for financial sustainability in the future.
PM gives E-wallet start date
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/07/2024
» Registration for the 10,000-baht digital wallet handout will kick off on Aug 1, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Vietnamese rice causes backlash in local markets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/04/2024
» Market mechanisms and an oversupply of rice, especially a certain Vietnamese variety, are contributing to the sharp drop in the rice redemption price for the upcoming farming season, which starts in April, says the Thai Agriculturist Association.
Chatu Mongol is PM pick for Thai Chana
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/04/2023
» The Thai Chana Party was officially inaugurated on Thursday and nominated MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul as its only prime ministerial candidate.
'Populism' draws complaint
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/03/2019
» Nine parties face complaints over alleged populist policies that could hurt the country economically if implemented, according to Srisuwan Janya, secretary-general of the Association for the Protection of the Constitution.
Risk of political disarray stalks economy as vote nears
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2019
» A high-speed train that glides from an expanded coastal airport handling 60 million passengers toward cavernous new stations in Bangkok. An infrastructure blitz that takes Thailand’s economy to new heights.
Calls mount for fairer land distribution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/01/2019
» Land ownership will emerge as a challenge for the new government in 2019 as calls for equal land distribution grow louder.
EC says welfare cash not a ruse for election
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/12/2018
» The Election Commission (EC) has leapt to the defence of the state welfare scheme for low-income earners, criticised as a populist policy and a thinly veiled attempt to support a pro-regime party's campaign ahead of the Feb 24 poll.
Fake paupers exploiting state welfare cards, says PM
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/12/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered the Finance Ministry to look into reports about people pretending to be poor to benefit from the state's welfare scheme intended for low-income earners.
VAT 'present' has academic 'speechless'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/12/2018
» Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) academics have expressed dismay at the Finance Ministry's plan to grant a 5% value-added tax (VAT) refund to shoppers spending up to 20,000 baht from Feb 1 to Feb 15 next year.