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Debt break, first-home schemes fall short
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/08/2012
» Public interest in two of the government's populist programmes has fallen short of target.
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A bounty of corruption
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/08/2012
» Rice farmers over the next several months will be busy preparing their fields for this year's first crop. It will be the second harvest year under the government's rice pledging programme, a controversial scheme that has made the state practically the sole buyer of rice in the country.
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Borrowing set at B480bn in fiscal 2013
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/09/2012
» The Finance Ministry has set a new borrowing framework for fiscal 2013 of 480 billion baht, according to Chakkrit Parapuntakul, director-general of the Public Debt Management Office.
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Source: BAAC low on liquidity
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/09/2012
» The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is reiterating it no longer has a liquidity surplus to finance the government's rice pledging scheme for the new crop.
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Plan akin to 'corruption buffet'
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/09/2012
» The government's rice pledging programme has set the stage for a "corruption buffet" across the country, according to M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister.
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GLO chief says online lotto will be delayed
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/08/2012
» The online lottery will definitely be put on hold until next year as it needs to wait for the go-ahead from the government, the new head of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) said yesterday.
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Central bank rate policy 'no longer works'
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2012
» Monetary policy must shift away from price stability to focus more on job creation, Bank of Thailand chairman Virabongsa Ramangkura says.
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Kittiratt defends pledging
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/05/2012
» TOKYO : The government should not be in a hurry to sell its stocks of unmilled rice at the current cheap global market price, as doing so will be certain to cause further price drops, says Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong.
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First-home scheme gains B2m ceiling
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/05/2012
» The Finance Ministry plans to expand the price range of its first-home buyers scheme to 2 million baht from 1 million because it failed to attract homebuyers.
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Revenue crackdown on fraudulent receipts
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/03/2012
» The Revenue Department has filed criminal complaints against various companies for tax fraud worth 3.27 billion baht over the past several months, says director-general Satit Rungkasiri.
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