“Jiraporn” visits the Northeast, promotes policies to revive the grassroots economy, allowing communities to think and act together through village funds, emphasizing that “the economic government will not abandon communities.”
On August 10, 2024, Ms. Jiraporn Sindhuphrai, Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, presided over the opening ceremony of the activity “Stability of Village Funds, Sustainable Strong Communities” and the workshop of the Village and Urban Community Fund Network, Northeast, organized by the National Village and Urban Community Fund Office (VCO) at the Convention Hall (2nd floor), Kanchanaphisek Multipurpose Convention Center, Khon Kaen University, with Mr. Yuthaporn Pirunsan, Deputy Governor of Khon Kaen Province and members of the House of Representatives (MPs) including Mr. Phakhawat Srisurapol, MP for Khon Kaen District 5, Ms. Wiphani Phukamwong, MP for Khon Kaen District 8, and Ms. Mukda Phongsombat, former MP for Khon Kaen, participating.
Ms. Jiraporn talked about the operatio
n guidelines for the village and urban community fund. She stated that the National Village and Urban Community Fund is a policy that was established in 2001 in the government led by Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra and continued to the government of Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra. This year will be the 23rd year, reflecting the determination of the government under the leadership of Mr. Settha Thavisin, the Prime Minister, to develop the grassroots economy system to improve the quality of life of the people by using democratic principles, returning taxes to the people, decentralizing power to ‘people think, people use, people manage’, creating a process of thinking together, working together under the systematic allocation and management of fund money.
Ms. Jiraporn added that the government prioritizes solving economic problems at all levels by using the ‘Dual Track Policy’ approach that Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister, has successfully implemented. This policy aims to restore the country while creating lo
ng-term growth. Village and community funds are an important mechanism that helps the grassroots economy, especially at the community level, to be strong, help unlock people’s debt, and help generate sustainable income. In addition, the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Settha has also driven many important economic policies, such as traveling to meet foreigners to attract investment money into the country, along with driving the farmer debt suspension policy, fixing energy prices, the 30-baht universal healthcare project, and the 10,000-baht digital wallet policy, which stimulates the country’s economy, which has been sluggish for a long time, to become lively again and create domestic money circulation.
Ms. Jiraporn revealed that ‘Organizing this activity is the first activity of 2024 to allow the public, especially network representatives and village and community fund committees, to participate in developing the potential of village funds together. Such activities will be organized in 3 o
ther regions: 15 August in Chiang Mai Province, 17 August in Songkhla Province, and 19 August in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.’ -319.
Source: Thai News Agency