Govt budget for next year slashed B14bn
The 2021 government budget has been cut by about 14 billion baht. However, more has been allocated to education, public health, interior and justice agencies.
Deputy Finance Minister Santi Promphat, the chairman of an ad-hoc committee reviewing the draft of the 2021 budget appropriation bill, said the committee had reviewed the budgets of 721 government agencies in line with the national economic and social development plan, the government’s national reform plan, national security, the government’s policy, economic conditions as well as the Covid-19 crisis.
Aekarach Sattaburuth
