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Informal workers need accounts for handouts
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/01/2021
» Informal workers must have monetary deposits in a bank account to be eligible for the 3,500-baht financial relief available for a two-month period, says a Finance Ministry source.
Ministry preps B200bn for new relief measure
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/01/2021
» The Finance Ministry is preparing to inject financial aid worth around 200 billion baht to combat deteriorating economic conditions during the prolonged Covid-19 crisis.
Civil servant homes up for booking
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/08/2020
» The Treasury Department is preparing to allow government officials to reserve about 1,000 units for the first phase of government housing projects this month, said Acting Finance Minister Santi Promphat.
FPO mulls cutting tax revenue target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/08/2020
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) is mulling a revision of this year's tax revenue target of 2.87 trillion baht because of the coronavirus crisis.
EEC panel seeks entry for foreigners
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/06/2020
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) subcommittee plans to seek approval from the committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to allow foreign business travellers to enter the country subject to quarantine.
EEC panel seeks entry for foreign business travellers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/06/2020
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) subcommittee plans to seek approval from the committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to allow foreign business travellers to enter the country subject to quarantine.
B150bn from future budgets may be used
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/05/2020
» The government is set to reallocate 150 billion baht from the 2020 and 2021 fiscal budgets if additional funds for economic and social restoration are needed to blunt the fallout from the pandemic, says the Budget Bureau.
Striving for a more balanced economy
Oped, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/05/2020
» In its bid to alleviate the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic through the 1-trillion-baht borrowing scheme, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government aims to provide immediate relief to millions who are in trouble, and also restore the grassroots economy, with a view to better balancing the economic system, so it depends less on exports and tourism.
Economic rehab plan en route
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/05/2020
» A 400-billion-baht borrowing plan intended for economic and social rehabilitation after the pandemic to strengthen the domestic economy will be added to the cabinet's agenda next week, with the first batch expected to be doled out later this month.
Finance urges emergency borrowing
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/03/2020
» The Finance Ministry wants to adopt an emergency decree on borrowing to provide funds to alleviate the impact of the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic.