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Tackling poverty from the top
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 28/12/2020
» Anucha Nakasai, the Prime Minister's Office Minister, is tasked by the government with handling the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office and the Office of the Consumer Protection Board.
Precious trees to become 'cash crop'
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/08/2018
» The forestry law will be amended to allow precious trees grown on private property to be felled, sold or put up as collateral with the bank without permission from the authorities, said Nathporn Chatusripitak, an adviser to the Prime Minister's Office.
NESDC calls attention to battle against inequality
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/01/2019
» Reducing income disparity should be a priority for the next government, says a key think tank.
Sharing the Karen way of life, sufficiently
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/10/2017
» Phanon Khorsook, 24, faced disappointment and confusion from his parents and community when he decided to return to the mountainous village in Uthai Thani where he was born after earning a bachelor's degree in political science from Nakhonsawan Rajabhat University.
Raft of aid measures for affected farmers
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/08/2017
» The cabinet yesterday approved a cash handout worth a combined 1.69 billion baht to help ease the plight of farmers in the North and Northeast hit by tropical floods in 36 provinces.
B8bn to draw farmers to maize
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 16/11/2016
» The cabinet yesterday gave the nod to 8 billion baht worth of soft loans to encourage farmers in 35 provinces in the Central Plains to grow maize instead of rice during the latter crop's off season.
Inheritance tax draft bill green-lighted
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 19/11/2014
» The cabinet yesterday endorsed the draft bill for an inheritance tax that seeks to impose a 10% levy on bequests of more than 50 million baht.
Proposed culture avenue part of soft power push
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/07/2022
» The Ratchadamnoen Knowledge & Culture Avenue, expected to promote the creative economy and soft power, is scheduled for cabinet approval soon.
Government greenlights potash mine
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/06/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday gave the Asia Pacific Potash Corporation (APPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Italian-Thai Development Plc, permission to embark on a 36-billion-baht potash mining project in Udon Thani.
BoI approves B209.5bn of investment projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/06/2022
» The Board of Investment (BoI) on Monday approved a combined 209.5 billion baht worth of investment applications in manufacturing and infrastructure projects, including 36.1 billion baht by Horizon Plus Co, a joint venture between Taiwan's Foxconn and Thailand's PTT Plc, to make battery electric vehicles (EVs).