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Rice farmers to get financial aid in days
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/09/2025
» Millions of rice farmers nationwide are set to receive government funding this week as part of the 1,000-baht-per-rai agricultural support programme.
Call to provide insurance for high-value fruit
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/07/2023
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith proposed the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) consider the issuance of insurance for high-value fruits such as durian, mangoes, oranges and bananas to boost the confidence of farmers.
BAAC approves B100bn for rice farmers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/02/2021
» The government has injected capital worth more than 100 billion baht to help ease farmers' plight for the 2020-2021 harvest season, says the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
BAAC aims for coverage of 45.7m rai
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/04/2020
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) aims for up to 45.7 million rai of rice farmland to be covered by crop insurance for the 2020 season, a high-ranking BAAC official says.
Meeting called off over discrepancy
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/04/2020
» A planned cash handout to assist farmers has been delayed after a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana to discuss the issue yesterday was cancelled because of a discrepancy in registration information, says a source at the Finance Ministry.
UTCC: More stimulus necessary for 3% growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/10/2019
» The government needs to pump more money into circulation -- a range of 30-50 billion baht -- to reach the target of 3% economic growth this year, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).
Tobacco tax gets the chop
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/10/2019
» The Excise Department will cut the tobacco tax to 2.5 satang per gramme from 10 satang for one year, starting Jan 1, 2020, to give farmers time to adjust.
Tax relief for tobacco growers
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/10/2019
» The Excise Department will cut the tobacco tax from 10 satang to 2.5 satang per gramme for one year, starting Jan 1, 2020, to give farmers time to adjust to the new rate.
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.
Incentive to spur tree growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/12/2018
» The Revenue Department wants to let individual and corporate taxpayers deduct expenses incurred from planting high-value trees from their income tax to comply with the government's push to raise the number of such trees to 1 billion in the next decade.