# Committee Suspends Digital Wallet Budget for Further Review

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/economics/149869-committee-suspends-digital-wallet-budget-for-further-review
- Published: 2024-07-05T18:37:43+07:00
- Author: NNT

BANGKOK (NNT) – The special committee for the consideration of the draft annual 
budget expenditure act for the 2025 fiscal year has decided to temporarily suspend
the budget for the digital wallet stipend program, amounting to 152.7 billion baht.

Thakorn Tantasith, a party-list MP of the Thai Sang Thai Party, revealed that the
Ministry of Finance has been asked to provide additional documents for a more thorough
review.

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Thakorn previously debated the draft budget, highlighting three risks: revenue collection
not meeting targets, hidden budget allocations for economic stimulus, and strengthening
the economy, which includes the 152.7-billion-baht digital wallet budget.

When combined with additional borrowing of 112 billion baht for the 2024 supplementary
budget, the total borrowing would exceed 264 billion baht. This raises concerns 
about potential violations of the 2018 state fiscal and financial discipline act,
which allows borrowing only in urgent and continuous crises.

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