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Elderly citizens who got cash handouts 'won't have to refund social welfare'
The Comptroller-General’s Department and local organisations cannot reclaim social welfare provided to the elderly, a legal expert said on Saturday. Earlier, several elderly people across the country were worried after the department instructed local organisations to reclaim their social welfare. Some of the elderly faced ...
The Nation Reporter
70 organizations sign agreement on Big Data
On Wednesday (Dec, 19), seventy organizations, public and private, signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of “Big Data” which is expected to help Thailand to manage unstructured data better. Keep reading ...
Suwit Rattiwan
Social welfare cardholders to be exempted from VAT
The Ministry of Finance will seek cabinet approval for its latest scheme to exempt social welfare cardholders from the value-added tax (VAT). Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said today (Sep 09) that the new scheme will help 11.4 million low-income earners enrolled in the social welfare ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
Tech could beat welfare corruption, experts say
Digital technologies – particularly blockchain, digital ID, and e-money – are being proposed by a research institute as the best sustainable solution for dealing with corruption and other problems in distributing social welfare.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom