Mr Jurin visits a Lotus’s hypermarket to monitor food prices.
The Commerce Ministry is asking for 1.4 billion baht to implement measures to reduce the cost of living for Thais amid spikes in the prices of goods and food.
Speaking after visiting Lotus’s Rattanathibet branch on Friday to monitor prices, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said the ministry is scheduled to propose at the cabinet meeting on Tuesday an allocation of 1.4 billion baht from the central budget to fund measures and programmes to reduce the cost of living for people for a period of three months.
“I’ve already consulted the prime minister about the proposal. He agreed, but asked for more details about the measures,” said Mr Jurin.
He said the ministry plans to organise discount campaigns at 3,050 distribution points and add more…
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