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Leftover B26bn stimulus to be transferred to central budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/08/2025
» The cabinet has agreed to transfer 26 billion baht to the central budget for emergency or necessary spending, after some stimulus funds were returned to the government by state agencies.
State disburses B1.35tn from fiscal 2024 budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/03/2024
» The government has disbursed 1.35 trillion baht from the fiscal 2024 budget between Oct 1, 2023 and March 8 this year, according to the Comptroller-General's Department.
Finance Ministry gauging need for further stimulus
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/01/2021
» The Finance Ministry plans on assessing economic conditions over the next two months before deciding whether to roll out further stimulus measures.
Excise opts for blockchain
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/12/2020
» The Excise Department aims to improve the efficiency of revenue collection rather than raise taxes to enhance the revenue outlook amid Thailand's gradual economic recovery.
B2tn in SME loans risk turning sour
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/09/2020
» Loans worth 2 trillion baht owed by 1.1 million SMEs that entered the debt moratorium programme could turn into bad debts after the programme's expiry at the end of September, says Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG).
State must prep 2020 budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/09/2019
» The Comptroller-General's Department has urged state agencies with investment budgets to prepare a procurement process in advance to speed up fiscal 2020 budget disbursement once the budget law comes into force.
Budget spending surpasses state target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/08/2019
» Public investment budget disbursement has surpassed the target by three percentage points for the 10 months through July, according to the Comptroller-General's Department.
Public investment disbursement exceeds goal
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/05/2019
» The public investment budget for the seven months through April was 5.86 percentage points higher than targeted, says a senior official at the Comptroller-General's Department.
Agencies to speed up disbursement
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/03/2019
» The Comptroller-General's Department has urged all state agencies, state enterprises and provincial governors to accelerate drawing down annual budget after budget disbursement for almost six months of the 2019 fiscal year fell marginally short of target.
State to dole out 100% of budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/02/2019
» The Comptroller-General's Department wants to see the entire annual budget expenditure for fiscal 2019 doled out, citing the amended Budgetary Procedure Act and the department's close monitoring of state agencies' budget disbursement.