Finance Ministry to Shift 6 Million Welfare Card Users to 60/40
Prachachat•Economy•
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Source: Prachachat (Original)
Key Quotes
"The determination of criteria is intended to grant rights to the most vulnerable people."
การกำหนดเกณฑ์นั้นตั้งใจให้สิทธิแก่คนที่เปราะบางที่สุด
Key Entities
Organization
The government body proposing budget shifts and criteria adjustments for state welfare.
Fiscal Policy Office(สำนักงานเศรษฐกิจการคลัง)
The office headed by Winich Wisetsuwannaphum.
Cabinet(คณะรัฐมนตรี)
The body responsible for approving the budget shift and revised welfare criteria.
Pracharath Welfare Committee for Grassroots Economy and Society(คณะกรรมการประชารัฐสวัสดิการเพื่อเศรษฐกิจฐานรากและสังคม)
The committee tasked with gathering data and discussing the adjustment of welfare criteria.
Department of Learning Encouragement(กรมส่งเสริมการเรียนรู้)
The department whose non-formal students were among those disqualified from welfare rights.
Person
Winich Wisetsuwannaphum(วินิจ วิเศษสุวรรณภูมิ)
Director of the Fiscal Policy Office and spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance.
Policy
State Welfare Card(บัตรสวัสดิการแห่งรัฐ)
A government welfare program from which approximately 6 million people lost rights in 2026.
Thai Chuay Thai Plus (60/40)(ไทยช่วยไทยพลัส (60/40))
A project intended to provide monthly assistance to those disqualified from the State Welfare Card.