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State bank to help indebted street vendors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/11/2024
» The cabinet has approved the "Job Creation and Career Building" loan programme worth a total of 15 billion baht, primarily aimed at supporting street vendors and hawkers to help reduce their informal debt.
Scheme expected to aid small firms
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2023
» Following Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's statement last Friday about the government's 10,000-baht digital wallet handout to an estimated 50 million people, supported by lending of up to 500 billion baht, the private sector expects small businesses in the retail, service and tourism sectors to directly benefit.
Small vendor scheme tacks on 25 provinces
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/02/2023
» An additional 25 provinces will be included in the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry's programme aimed at supporting small vendors to leverage digital tools to improve their business, says DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
Cabinet extends low-income aid
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 22/06/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved extending the existing measures for three months devised to alleviate the hardship of low-income earners from the surge in oil prices.
Inflation support schemes extended
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 17/06/2022
» The government has pledged to extend the existing 10 measures devised to alleviate the hardship of low-income earners from a surge in oil prices for three months until September.
Industry urges longer-term solutions
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Dusida Worrachaddejchai and Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/04/2022
» The government should come up with not only short-term measures, but also medium and long-term plans to cope with the impact of the global oil price surge and the Russia-Ukraine war, according to industrialists in various sectors.
Subsidy on premium diesel revoked
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 30/03/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved revoking the subsidy on premium diesel used in luxury cars, effective from April, in a move to save on budget expenses.
TDRI warning over living cost measures
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/03/2022
» A researcher at the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) says he supports some of the measures announced by the government on Tuesday to ease living costs, but notes that some could affect the social security system in the long run.
Digital project targets four Central provinces
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/07/2021
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has worked with four Central plains provinces to promote digital adoption to improve their living conditions, particularly during the pandemic.
Protests won't hurt stimulus schemes, says finance chief
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/10/2020
» Ongoing anti-government protests are unlikely to affect the government's spending stimulus measures, says the Finance Ministry.