PUBLISHED: 28 Mar 2024 at 04: 42
The government is looking into options for funding for its digital budget flyer program, and information of the money supply are anticipated to be finalized next month.
The government and the Budget Bureau were instructed to consider potential revenue sources for the program at a conference of the digital wallet plan committee on Wednesday, according to Lawaron Saengsanit, permanent secretary for the finance ministry. Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, presided over the appointment.
Mr Lawaron said there are three possible financing options: a borrowing costs, the federal resources, and using a combination of funding and the expenditure.
The authorities is preparing the 2025 fiscal year’s federal budget, and it may change the budget to fund the program as the government tries to apply it to boost the economy.
However, he claimed that using the national budget as a funding tool is another possibility. He added that the Finance Ministry perhaps even debate with the Budget Bureau the possibility of using the funds for the program with the Budget Bureau.
At the next conference on April 10, Mr. Lawaron said, facts of the financing source are anticipated to be finalized.
” The information may be made clearer on April 10,” he said. The government is also requested to have the site’s details by the end of the month, according to Mr. Lawaron.
Mr Srettha, even the finance minister, said on Wednesday , the economy is in difficulties and in need of signal.
” Progress has been declining for a while. The prime minister said that trigger measures are required to boost the economy.
He claimed that the digital wallet initiative is a quick way to get money into the program and should be implemented as soon as possible.
The prime minister said that the government will maintain financial discipline while implementing the plan in accordance with the law and the charter for the benefit of the people.
The government’s premier electronic wallet handout program will be launched in the final quarter of the year, according to deputy finance minister Julapun Amornvivat, with the schedule expected to become clearer once the electric pocket plan committee meets on April 10.
The 500 billion bass system is tentatively scheduled to launch in May, but a wait is anticipated because the scheme’s propriety has been questioned.
The government has also been issued a warning about a number of potential hazards linked to the system, including graft and legal risks, by the National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC).
The Pheu Thai-led government’s flagship policy, which aims to boost the economy, is the online cash handout scheme.
Thais aged 16 and older who earn less than 70, 000 ringgit a fortnight and have less than 500, 000 ringgit in their bank balances stand to get a 10, 000- ringgit flyer under the plan. The handbook will be open to an estimated 50 million citizens.