Economics

Thai Finance minister: no more money into economy for 2010

He said the 2010 budget amounting to Bt1.7 trillion, when combined with an investment amount of Bt300 billion under the Thai Khem Keng scheme, would reach Bt2 trillion, sufficient to drive the economy.

Published

11 years ago

October 23, 2009

Thai News ข่าวไทย

Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Wednesday indicated the government need not inject more money into the economic system for 2010 because the expenditure budget and investment amount under the Thai Khem Keng (strong Thailand) scheme are already enough to drive the country’s economy. He said the 2010 budget amounting to Bt1.7 trillion, when combined with an investment amount of Bt300 billion under the Thai Khem Keng scheme, would reach Bt2 trillion, sufficient to drive the economy.

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Published

3 weeks ago

March 26, 2021

National News Bureau of Thailand

BANGKOK (NNT) – The government’s 50:50 co-pay campaign expiring on 31st March may not be getting an immediate campaign extension. The Minister of Finance says campaign evaluation is needed to improve future campaigns.

The Minister of Finance Arkhom Termpittayapaisith today announced the government may not be able to reach a conclusion on the extension of the 50:50 co-pay campaign in time for the current 31st March campaign end date, as evaluations are needed to better improve the campaign.

Originally introduced last year, the 50:50 campaign is a financial aid campaign for people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in which the government subsidizes up to half the price of purchases at participating stores, with a daily cap on the subsidy amount of 150 baht, and a 3,500 baht per person subsidy limit over the entire campaign.

The campaign has already been extended once, with the current end date set for 31st March.

The Finance Minister said that payout campaigns for the general public are still valid in this period, allowing time for the 50:50 campaign to be assessed, and to address reports of fraud at some participating stores.

The Fiscal Police Office Director General and the Ministry of Finance Spokesperson Kulaya Tantitemit, said today that a bigger quota could be offered in Phase 3 of the 50:50 campaign beyond the 15 million people enrolled in the first two phases, while existing participants will need to confirm their identity if they want to participate in Phase 3, without the need to fill out the registration form.

Mrs Kulaya said the campaign will still be funded by emergency loan credit allocated for pandemic compensation, which still has about 200 billion baht available as of today.

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