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State spending targets laid out for fiscal 2023
The government is planning a fiscal 2023 budget worth 3.185 trillion baht, with a deficit of 695 billion baht for the fiscal year, which starts next October.According to Chalermphol Pensoot, director of the Budget Bureau, the budget was approved at yesterday’s meeting between Prime Minister ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Government to increase budget by B90bn in 2022
The government plans to increase its investment budget by 90 billion baht in fiscal 2022, in compliance with a law related to state financial and fiscal discipline, says Dechapiwat Na Songkhla, director of the Budget Bureau.The House of Representatives is scrutinising the fiscal 2022 budget, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Are Thais worried about jobs?
In sharing their opinions regarding what their government should prioritise in the 2020 fiscal budget, 65.9 percent of Thais polled by the Super Poll Research Centre placed healthcare as their top concern. Just behind that, however, 59.8 percent of Thais polled also prioritised good and ...
Sheith Khidhir
What Thais want to see in 2020 Budget
In a few months’ time, the current Thai government’s position could be hanging in the balance. This is thanks to the country’s 3.2-trillion-baht (US$105.6 billion) fiscal 2020 budget which will have its third reading on 9 January next year. The 2020 fiscal year began on 1 ...
Sheith Khidhir
Regional development committee approves budget for regional development
The committee on integrated regional development policies has approved 28 billion baht in funding for provinces and provincial clusters in the 2020 fiscal budget, as Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha emphasizes adherence to national policies. Keep reading ...
Benjamin Rujopakarn
