CGD reports 84% budget disbursement for fiscal year 2026

Thansettakij•Economy•21d ago

Reader Briefing

The Comptroller General's Department reports 84% actual budget disbursement as of July 31, 2026.

•Patricia Mongkhonvanit announced that cumulative budget disbursement reached 3.19 trillion baht out of a 3.48 trillion baht total.
•Actual disbursement of current expenditures stands at over 91.4%.
•Investment budget disbursement is currently at 58.5%, slightly below the 61% target for July.
•The Comptroller General's Department expects to meet the government and Cabinet target of 75% investment disbursement by the end of the fiscal year.

Overview

•Total budget disbursement as of July 31, 2026, reached approximately 3.19 trillion baht, or 84% of the 3.48 trillion baht total budget.
•Current expenditures of the budget have been disbursed by over 91.4%.
•Investment expenditures have seen 651,000 million baht in debt obligations (81.1%) and actual disbursement of 471,000 million baht (58.5%).
•Patricia Mongkhonvanit stated that investment budget disbursement is approximately 2% below the July target of 61%.
•The Comptroller General's Department is confident that the overall budget disbursement for 2026 will meet the set goals.
•The Comptroller General's Department aims to push investment disbursement to reach the 75% target set by the government and the Cabinet by the end of the fiscal year.

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Key Quotes

Patricia Mongkhonvanit

"I admit that the current investment budget disbursement figure is slightly below the target; the cumulative target until the end of July was set at 61%, but only 58.5% was achieved, a difference of about 2%."

ยอมรับว่าตัวเลขการเบิกจ่ายงบลงทุนในปัจจุบันยังต่ำกว่าเป้าหมายเล็กน้อย โดยเป้าหมายสะสมจนถึงสิ้นเดือนกรกฎาคมวางไว้ที่ 61% แต่ทำได้ 58.5% ห่างเพียงประมาณ 2%

Key Entities

Person

Patricia Mongkhonvanit(แพตริเซีย มงคลวนิช)

Director General of the Comptroller General's Department.

Organization

Comptroller General's Department(กรมบัญชีกลาง)ℹ️

The government department responsible for reporting and managing budget disbursements.

Cabinet(ครม.)

The body that set the 75% target for investment budget disbursement.