Disasters and emergency response
Cash handouts, co-payment scheme to boost Thai GDP by 1%
The government’s “RaoChana” (WeWin) cash handout scheme and the first two phases of the “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) co-payment scheme are expected to boost Thai GDP by 1 per cent, said Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the new WeWin scheme ...
The Nation Reporter
BoT and Ministry look to tweaking soft loans for SME aid
The Finance Ministry and the Bank of Thailand are set to discuss amending the soft loan royal decree soon in a bid to provide greater financial relief coverage for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The idea of amending this royal decree stems from the intent of ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Pandemic steps to steer GDP outlook
Thailand’s GDP growth projection of 3.2% for this year could be downgraded by as much as four percentage points, depending on the government’s management of the latest outbreak, says the Bank of Thailand.There are three scenarios that could cause the country’s economic growth outlook to ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
Panel approves airport expansion
A panel in charge of upgrading Suvarnabhumi airport has approved a major development scheme worth nearly 60 billion baht to support the post-Covid-19 recovery of air travel demand.Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob, the committee’s vice chairman, recently said the development project comprises the construction of three ...
Supoj Wancharoen
Anti-flooding plans agreed
A government committee on Thursday approved four flood prevention projects in Bangkok and a water supply project in Pattani.The projects were approved at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, said Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) secretary-general Somkiat Prajamwong.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
A look at the vaccine situation across ASEAN
The following is a brief look at what other ASEAN countries outside of Thailand are doing to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Nine out of the ten ASEAN members are waiting to secure covid vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO)’s COVAX Facility. The WHO announced last ...
Association of Domestic Travel upbeat on domestic tour goal
The government’s domestic tourism goal of 200 million trips this year is achievable, though it depends on state support via more stimulus plans, says the Association of Domestic Travel (ADT).Operators would like the government to flatten the infection rate curve from the hundreds daily to ...
Dusida Worrachaddejchai
Informal workers need bank accounts for handouts
Informal workers must have monetary deposits in a bank account to be eligible for the 3,500-baht financial relief available for a two-month period, says a Finance Ministry source.The sum of deposits required to be eligible for the financial relief is confidential at this time, according ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Reduced water, electricity bills among relief measures approved by Cabinet
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved measures proposed by the Office of the National Economics and Social Development Council (NESDC) to help alleviate the people’s financial burden during the latest Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha announced after the meeting.“The Metropolitan Waterworks Authority and Provincial ...
The Nation Reporter
Labour Ministry readies over 58,000 job vacancies for workers hit by new outbreak
The Labour Ministry is gathering a list of more than 58,000 available positions to help workers made jobless by the fresh Covid-19 outbreak.The ministry’s Department of Employment (DoE) will advertise 58,151 job positions from private firms and government agencies, said DoE director-general Suchat Pornchaiwiseskul on ...
The Nation Reporter
