Pichai” is confident that the economic stimulus project will support the country’s GDP. “Chulphan” Jang also found a slight drop, “Phoom Tribe” revealed that his family members had spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy large items.
Later, Ms. Patongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister. Kick Off of the 2024 Economic Stimulus Program through State Welfare Card Holders and Persons with Disabilities at the Peace and Friendship Building (Inner Building) Government House Mr. Pichai Chunhuachir Minister of Finance, Mr. Chulapan Amoraviwat Deputy Minister of Finance and Mr. Phoom Rojansakul Deputy Minister of Finance attended a statement after Ms. Patongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister, kicked off the transfer of funds for the 2024 Economic Stimulus Program through State Welfare Card holders and people with disabilities at the Peace and Friendship Building, Government House.
Mr. Pichai said that the economic stimulus program is necessary now because Thailand has been in an economic depression for a long time. Co
mpared to neighboring countries, it is somewhat more depressed with many situations both outside and within the country, and the most important thing is the gap between income, especially workers. Those who do not have access to The most urgent thing to do is to accelerate the relief of the people, try to increase income and reduce expenses for the 2024 economic stimulus program through state welfare card holders and people with disabilities, which is a cash injection into the economy. The amount of 145,000 is large enough, and thanks to the House of Representatives, which sees the importance of this matter, has approved the additional expenditure budget for 2024, we have been able to successfully implement this project. We use the full amount of money according to the budget framework. It is expected that the economy will rise this year. If the economy does not rise, we will not be able to solve the problem.
“The project will definitely affect economic growth because it is estimated that when people receive
the money to use it immediately, which they have high hopes, but the figure may have to be adjusted because we are also facing flood problems this year.” Mr. Pichai said.
Mr. Chulphan said that the amount of transfers in today’s project A total of 3,167,565 people started the transfer at midnight, all of which were completed at around 07.30 am. In addition to the transfer of money in the economic stimulus program, today there is also a transfer of salaries for civil servants, so there is a delay.
The verification of rights is in accordance with the channels that have been prepared. Confirm that the process of verifying both the application and the website is not problematic. If you go to check the right without a name, it means that you are not in the group to receive the money, wait for the next round. There is a group of people who hold a state welfare card that must link their bank account to their ID card (promptpay). They must urgently register through banks through ATMs or officials.
For example, the
disabled card holder has expired in this number and has not yet connected the payment channel for another 10,000 baht, which must be coordinated with the Ministry of Social Development and to correct the status.
In the case where it is reported that informal creditors put pressure or splice those who received 10,000 baht in front of ATMs to withdraw money to pay off debts, which may not meet the purpose of stimulating the economy. Mr. Chulphan replied that this matter is under the supervision of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which will coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs to take care of and check that creditors do not interfere with the money of vulnerable groups.
Another problem that was found was that the public went to check their rights. If you find that the state welfare card has expired, you must renew it before you can get the right. Mr. Chulphan said that the validity of the State Welfare Card is 2 years, and if it expires, it will be renewed every 2 years. For those who already have a card
but the system says it has expired, contact the district office. As for any citizen who has had a state welfare card in the past several years and then checks the eligibility of the system to see if it has expired and does not receive money from the state, it means that it is not in the criteria to receive the right in the first round.
Mr. Phophoom said, “Today, we see a bustle throughout the country, for example, in front of an ATM in the market, where we saw that people had 10,010 baht in their accounts, so the 10,000 baht that was transferred today is very likely to be used up. According to the survey, most of them are used to buy 4 factors of food and tools for making a living, and they also see that family members who receive money in large sums of 20,000 baht and 30,000 baht are used to buy durable goods, which is the start of a good economic stimulus and is distributed throughout the country.
Source: Thai News Agency