One-third of Thais ‘very angry’ if handout funds cancelled  

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PUBLISHED: 13 Oct 2024 at 12: 17

People holding state welfare cards wait in line outside the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives in Muang Buri Ram in Thailand's Buri Ram province to withdraw money on Sept 26. They were among the first 3 million needy and disabled people — out of a total of 14.5 million — who received their 10,000-baht handout in the first phase of the digital wallet programme. (Photo By Surachai Piraksa)
On September 26, citizens in Thailand’s Buri Ram state wait in line outside the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to withdraw cash. Out of the total of 14.5 million, they were one of the first 3 million people who needed and were in need of 10 000 dollars in the first step of the digital wallet program. ( Photo By Surachai Piraksa )

According to an opinion poll, more than one third of Thais would be at least slightly enraged if they did n’t receive the 10,000-baht handout in the second phase of the digital wallet scheme, while more than one third would not mind at all.

On October 9 and 9, the National Institute of Development Administration polled 2, 000 people nationwide to ask their views on how the government’s financial signal program should distribute the 10, 000-baht money transaction.

The survey found 56.95 % of the respondents were eligible handout recipients, 23.95 % were ineligible, 17.00 % had already received the 10, 000 baht and 2.10 % said they were not sure if they were eligible.

The pollster asked the” never sure” group and the eligible responders to respond to the following four repayment cases:

1. The government decides to halt the second phase of the stimulus package, which does n’t offer any digital or cash options.

41.58 % said they would be very unhappy

34.38 % not angry at all

14.56 % quite unhappy

9.14 % somewhat angry

0.34 % did not know or were not interested

2. The state distributes the flyer in the form of online income but in an amount less than 10, 000 ringgit, such as 5, 000 baht.

40.30 % not angry at all

24.47 % very angry

21.25 % quite angry

13.64 % somewhat angry

0.34 % did not know or were not interested

3. &nbsp, The state offers 10, 000 ringgit in whole in modern money.

60.54 % not angry at all

17.53 % somewhat angry

12.11 % quite unhappy

9.31 % very angry

0.51 % did not know or were not interested

4. &nbsp, The state pays in two chapters of 5, 000 ringgit in modern money.

60.88 % not angry at all

20.07 % somewhat angry

10.58 % quite unhappy

8.30 % very angry

0.17 % did not know or were not interested

The responses to the pollster’s questions about the 10,000-baht signal program were as follows:

Despite their income or assets, 29.44 % believed that the government should distribute the handbook to all different groups of people.

25.47 % disagreed with the handout offer, saying no one should get the 10, 000 baht

25.25 said the flyer should be given to people in resilient parties only, such as the crippled

15. 66 % backed the government’s decision to provide income or online money to vulnerable teams in the second phase.

2. 30 % just agreed with electronic money obligations in the second phase of the agreement

1.88 % did not know or were not interested. &nbsp,