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Department urges firms to home in on ESG
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Excise Department is advising business operators to accelerate adjustments by focusing on manufacturing products in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to prevent an embargo on imports, says director general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
Pure alcohol tax gets pro tem waiver
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/03/2020
» The Excise Department has temporarily exempted tax levied on pure alcohol while the government has unlocked the requirement to free 3 million litres of alcohol left over from energy usage to encourage the manufacture of alcohol-based hand sanitisers to meet strong demand amid Covid-19 fears.
BAAC aims for B100bn in new loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/02/2020
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will aim for 100 billion baht in new lending during its next financial year.
BAAC allots B100bn for smart farms
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/11/2019
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) aims to lend 100 billion baht in the next two years to expand the smart farmer model to 4,500 communities nationwide, its chief says.
BAAC preparing drought support
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/03/2019
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is set to launch a drought relief measure, offering farmers a three-year instalment plan for interest payments.
BAAC vehicle loan aims to cut pollution
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/02/2019
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has set up a 6-billion-baht loan for agricultural cooperatives and community enterprises to purchase vehicles used for production, hoping to prevent them from burning fields, which worsens the ultra-fine dust pollution problem.
Incentives mulled to tone down drinks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/02/2017
» The Finance Ministry is considering offering incentives for drink makers to lower the sugar content of their products as part of government efforts to improve public health.
Turning crisis into opportunity
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/04/2016
» The Central region, where vast expanses of green paddy fields normally turn golden brown for harvest in November, has long been known as the nation's breadbasket. Facing the worst drought in a decade, however, the soil is now cracked and baked under the scorching sun.
Incentives for bio-economy mulled
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/11/2015
» The Finance Ministry is looking at measures to help increase investment in a new bioeconomy, focused on health and the environment.
Farmer happiness down from August
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/07/2014
» Farmer happiness last month dropped substantially from its peak last August when they had high hopes of stable income from the Yingluck Shinawatra administration's rice pledging scheme, reports a Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives' (BAAC) poll.