Thai PM seeks extra $3.4 bln for stimulus as lawmakers criticise handout plan

BANGKOK, July 17 (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday tabled an additional 122 billion baht ($3.4 billion) budget for the 2024 fiscal year for his signature stimulus programme, as lawmakers held a debate to scrutinise the much-criticised handout scheme. “The government needs the budget to stimulate the economy by boosting money circulation […]

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Thailand’s new PM draws flak in parliament for ‘aimless’ economic agenda

Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin came under fire in parliament on Monday over a new government policy agenda that opposition lawmakers called vague and short of some of his party’s boldest election pledges. Real estate tycoon Srettha was approved as prime minister in a parliamentary vote last month after his populist Pheu Thai Party, the […]

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