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State sees EEC funding hitting B400bn
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/12/2020
» The government is optimistic that investment in its flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) can reach 400 billion baht next year, driven both by private investment and infrastructure development.
NESDC works to expedite spending
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 21/11/2020
» The government has set a target to disburse at least 70% of the 400-billion-baht budget scheduled for social and economic rehabilitation in fiscal 2021.
Agencies poised to draw up spending measures
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 11/11/2020
» State agencies have been ordered to speed up designing additional measures to stimulate domestic spending.
PM leads committee on two-year emergency plan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 10/11/2020
» The national strategy committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday approved a two-year emergency plan under the 20-year national strategy (2018-37) to keep abreast of changing social and economic trends caused by the global economic slowdown and the pandemic.
Communities to get B15bn upgrade
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/11/2020
» The National Village and Urban Community Committee chaired by Supattanapong Punmeechaow approved in principle 15 billion baht in spending for a scheme to upgrade community businesses and community tourism.
Cabinet okays reopening to tourists, yacht crews
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/10/2020
» The cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle a guideline to reopen the country for foreign tourists and crews of foreign yachts under a special tourist visa (STV) scheme, which was recently approved by the cabinet to restart the pandemic-battered tourism industry.
Woven out of the economy
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/10/2020
» Ban Map Lao Cha On village has long been famous for cross-body bags and large baskets made out of krajood, or saltmarsh bulrush, an abundant natural resource found in the village in Chak Pong sub-district, in the Klaeng district of Rayong.
State readies B1tr for new outbreak
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/10/2020
» The government may need an additional 800 billion to 1 trillion baht to rehabilitate the economy if there is a second wave of Covid-19.
Controversial Thai Canal back in spotlight
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» The 120-kilometre Thai Canal project running from Krabi on the Andaman Sea to Trang, stretching to Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla on the Gulf of Thailand, recently returned to the limelight after decades of proposals.
NESDC's new head discusses path
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/10/2020
» Danucha Pichayanan, 50, became the new secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) on Oct 1. His predecessor, Thosaporn Sirisamphand, retired on the first day of fiscal 2021.