Cabinet to Revise State Welfare Card Eligibility Criteria

Post Today•Politics•15h ago

Reader Briefing

The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport are proposing revised State Welfare Card criteria to the Cabinet to expand eligibility and restore rights to affected citizens.

•Proposed new criteria for the State Welfare Card project are scheduled for implementation starting October 1, 2026.
•Vehicle ownership rules will be relaxed to exclude cars older than 20 years and motorcycles older than 15 years from disqualification.
•The Ministry of Finance aims to restore rights to individuals whose names were falsely used for tax deductions by October 1, 2026.

Overview

•The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport are proposing improvements to the State Welfare Card project criteria to the Cabinet on July 21, 2026.
•Vehicle ownership data often does not align with actual usage, leading to the proposal to ignore cars over 20 years old and motorcycles over 15 years old when considering eligibility.
•The proposal allows registrants to own up to two motorcycles not exceeding 300 cc if the vehicles are still being paid for.
•The Cabinet will consider allowing sales contracts or written testimonies as evidence to help those who sold vehicles via 'floating transfers' or whose vehicles are lost or defunct.
•The Ministry of Finance will use income and economic status data to ensure non-formal students in the Department of Learning Encouragement and non-formal vocational education are not disqualified solely due to student status.
•The Ministry of Finance targets the restoration of rights for those falsely listed as employees for tax deductions by October 1, 2026.
•The Ministry of Finance proposes extending the Thai Chuay Thai Plus 60/40 project for 2 months to assist approximately 6 million existing cardholders.
•If approved, those who pass the reviewed criteria can begin using State Welfare Card rights starting October 1, 2026.

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Key Entities

Organization

Cabinet(คณะรัฐมนตรี)

The government body considering the proposed improvements to the State Welfare Card project criteria.

Ministry of Finance(กระทรวงการคลัง)ℹ️

The ministry proposing new welfare criteria and managing the restoration of rights for affected individuals.

Ministry of Transport(กระทรวงคมนาคม)ℹ️

The ministry co-proposing the adjustments to the State Welfare Card project criteria.

Department of Learning Encouragement(สกร.)

An organization whose non-formal students are included in the proposed eligibility adjustments.

Policy

State Welfare Card Project(โครงการบัตรสวัสดิการแห่งรัฐ)

A government welfare program undergoing criteria revisions regarding vehicle ownership and eligibility.

Thai Chuay Thai Plus 60/40(ไทยช่วยไทยพลัส 60/40)

A project the Ministry of Finance proposes to extend by 2 months to help approximately 6 million people.