A vendor selling grilled hotdogs, sausages and fishballs displays a placard from the government’s co-payment scheme during a demonstration at Democracy Monument on Nov 8. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Total spending via the government’s co-payment scheme had reached 11 billion baht as of 12pm Nov 10, with a second round of registration set to allow 2.3 million more people to apply for the subsidy.
Of the 11 billion, the sum spent by registered individuals was valued at 5.6 billion baht, while the government subsidy totalled 5.4 billion. Average daily spending was logged at 212 baht per transaction, according to the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Bangkok, Songkhla, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani and Chiang Mai are the top five provinces for spending under the scheme.
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