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Govt urged to raise pension for elderly
News, Apichin Chitviriyakul, Published on 14/01/2023
» Senior citizens should receive a universal pension of 3,000 baht per month to ease their financial burden, activists and academics said at a forum.
Workers still plead for rights
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 29/12/2022
» Education, labour and employment-related problems remained challenging this year for all stakeholders to tackle.
Anutin blasts NHSO budget
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2022
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) should have done a better job before requesting help in approving its annual budget, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
PM, opposition clash on budget
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/06/2022
» The opposition took aim at the 2023 budget bill, saying the government is being held to ransom by coalition parties over budget allocations while Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha defended it, saying Thailand still enjoys financial and foreign reserve strengths.
PM set to back B3tn budget
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/05/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is ready to defend the government's 3.18-trillion-baht 2023 budget bill in the three-day House debate starting on Tuesday, said deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek on Sunday.
Public split on pension payout
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 17/05/2022
» The cabinet's decision to approve a Labour Ministry amendment on May 10, which would allow subscribers of the Social Security Fund (SSF) to get a partial advance on their pension and use their pension as collateral for loans, has been met with both cheers and concern.
Cabinet frets over early pension plan
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/05/2022
» Cabinet ministers voiced their concerns that a legal amendment being pursued could destabilise the Social Security Fund (SSF).
PM to wine and dine small fish at get-together, but not Thamanat
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/03/2022
» Small parties have accepted Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's invitation to a dinner this Thursday amid a warning the government cannot survive in parliament without their support.
Quorum 'game' played badly harms voters
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/02/2022
» The collapse of recent sessions of the House of Representatives due to the lack of a quorum is a serious threat to the political institution -- but not one that is unprecedented in the history of Thai democracy.
SSO earmarks B2bn to bolster pensions
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 05/01/2022
» The Social Security Office (SSO) is planning to spend 1.9 billion baht to bolster pensions for retired subscribers under Sections 33 and 39, after they were affected by reduced contribution payments afforded to subscribers by the government last year.