14.6 million people eligible for benefits under plan approved by cabinet
State welfare cardholders queue to purchase goods under the We Win programme at the Infinite Mall in Samut Prakan in February 2012. (Bangkok Post File Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
The cabinet has approved a new round of registrations for state welfare cards with 14.6 million low-income earners meeting the criteria and eligible for benefits.
The popular programme was launched more than a decade ago to provide fairness to low-income earners and there were criteria for welfare cardholders, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday after the cabinet approved the new round.
Each round of registrations requires tens of billons of…
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