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Govt revives B200bn flood plan for northern Thailand
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/09/2024
» The government will revive a 200-billion-baht water management project to mitigate severe flooding in the Yom River basin in the North, amid calls to revisit the controversial Kaeng Sua Ten Dam plan.
Budget bill reportedly cut by B8bn ahead of House readings
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 31/08/2024
» The House of Representatives will hold its second and third readings of the budget bill for the 2025 fiscal year next week amid reports that the spending plan has been trimmed by almost 8 billion baht, according to a source.
Blast spurs call for Factory Act changes
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/01/2024
» The Ministry of Industry is looking to amend laws on setting up fireworks factories following the deadly explosion at one such factory in Suphan Buri, according to a ministry official.
Srettha targets 5% GDP growth
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/09/2023
» The government is targeting annual GDP growth of at least 5% as it plans to roll out measures to ease people's plight, including a moratorium on farmers' debt and lower fuel and electricity prices, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
MPs walk out of Covid oversight committee meeting
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/06/2020
» Opposition lawmakers walked out of a parliament meeting on Tuesday to protest against a lack of details in the government's plan to reallocate 88 billion baht to a central fund to fight Covid-19 and rehabilitate the economy.
'Govt too submissive to China'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/02/2020
» The opposition zeroed in on the government's economic "submissiveness" to China during the no-confidence debate yesterday.
Pheu Thai quizzes PM over Rajabhakti Park
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/12/2015
» The Pheu Thai Party has peppered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha with questions about the Rajabhakti Park project - including who initiated it, why is it in Prachuap Khiri Khan and who chose the contractors?
NLA cuts close to B6bn from 2016 budget
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/07/2015
» A budget scrutiny committee has cut almost six billion baht from the government's proposed 2016 budget bill of 2.72 trillion baht.
Sasin says original rationale for Mae Wong was to solve drought
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 03/10/2013
» A leading environmental advocate has insisted the Mae Wong dam was originally intended to solve a water shortage, not tackle floods.