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Finance Ministry Finalizes Welfare Card Criteria, Sending to Cabinet

Finance Ministry Finalizes Welfare Card Criteria, Sending to Cabinet

Post Today•Economy•1d ago

Reader Briefing

The Thai Ministry of Finance is set to finalize new, stricter eligibility criteria for its welfare card program today, aiming to ensure benefits reach only the truly low-income population, before submitting them for cabinet approval.

  • •The Ministry of Finance is finalizing new, stricter criteria for the welfare card program today, May 29th.
  • •The new criteria will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval to ensure targeted support for the genuinely low-income population.
  • •The registration for the 'Thai Choo Thai Plus' program is ongoing, with the final day being today, May 29th.

Overview

  • •On May 29th, at 13:30, the Pracharath Social Welfare Committee for the Grassroots Economy and Society will meet to finalize the new welfare card registration conditions.
  • •The Ministry of Finance is finalizing new welfare card registration criteria.
  • •The finalized criteria will be submitted to the Cabinet for swift approval.
  • •The new criteria are being implemented to ensure more stringent screening, targeting only genuinely low-income individuals.
  • •It is expected that fewer than 13.2 million people will qualify for the welfare card program under the new criteria.
  • •The screening process is expected to take two months.
  • •Those who qualify under the new criteria in June-July will continue to receive benefits in August-September.
  • •May 29th is the final day for registration for the 'Thai Choo Thai Plus 60/40' program.

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Key Quotes

Mr. Lertrong Sawangsith
"“The new criteria will be more stringent, so those eligible will be fewer than 13.2 million people for sure because society has often said that those who are not truly poor hold welfare cards. This time, we will use technology to help screen rigorously, so that it truly targets the government's intended recipients.”"
“เกณฑ์ใหม่จะมีความเข้มข้นมากขึ้น ดังนั้นผู้ได้สิทธิจะน้อยกว่า 13.2 ล้านคนแน่นอน เพราะที่ผ่านมาสังคมพูดกันมากว่าคนจนไม่จริงได้ถือบัตรสวัสดิการ ครั้งนี้เราจึงจะใช้เทคโนโลยีมาช่วยคัดกรองอย่างเข้มข้น เพื่อให้เป็นกลุ่มเป้าหมายของรัฐบาลอย่างแท้จริง”

Key Entities

Organization

Ministry of Finance(กระทรวงการคลัง)ℹ️
The government body responsible for finalizing welfare card criteria and economic policies.
Pracharath Social Welfare Committee for the Grassroots Economy and Society(คณะกรรมการประชารัฐสวัสดิการเพื่อเศรษฐกิจฐานรากและสังคม)
The committee responsible for meeting to finalize the new welfare card registration conditions.
Cabinet(คณะรัฐมนตรี)ℹ️
The executive body that will consider and approve the new welfare card criteria.
Ministry of Interior(กระทรวงมหาดไทย)ℹ️
The ministry responsible for verifying new shop registrations for the 'Thai Choo Thai Plus 60/40' program.

Person

Mr. Lertrong Sawangsith(นายลวรณ แสงสนิท)
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who announced the welfare card program's new criteria.

Law

Welfare Card(บัตรสวัสดิการแห่งรัฐ)
A government program providing financial assistance, undergoing stricter eligibility criteria.