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Flood victims in Southern Thailand to get cash aid
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/12/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the government intends to compensate every household affected by flooding in the South with 9,000 baht in a similar fashion to payouts made to those recently affected by floods in the North.
Low-cost rent policy targets low-income people, farmers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/06/2024
» The Finance Ministry has announced a policy to allot 260,000 rai of state land to low-income individuals and farmers at minimal rental rates.
Arkhom cool to added borrowing
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/08/2021
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says there is no need for the government to borrow additional money to combat the pandemic because the existing 500-billion-baht loan is sufficient.
GSB sets higher bar for 2020 lending
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/01/2020
» State-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) aims to extend loans worth 550 billion baht and raise the customer base to cover 41% of the country's population this year.
Minimum wage deduction set to rise
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/01/2018
» The Finance Ministry will soon seek cabinet approval to temporarily raise tax-deductible expenses for the minimum wage paid to employees to 1.15 times from 1 at present, an adjustment that can absorb employment costs of 9-10 baht a day per employee if it wins the nod, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantovorawong.