Buan Losuwan, 89, offers a wai as she and her family need more time to give her living allowances back to the state. (Photo by Surachai Piragsa)
Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Wednesday ordered state agencies to help solve cases of elderly people required to return tens of thousands of baht to the state after officials found they had no right to the elderly allowance they had received for years.
The minister said it was responsibility of local administrative organisations to proceed with the collection of duplicate benefits, in this case the elderly allowance.
Mr Arkhom said he personally thought that everyone should be eligible for the elderly allowance which should be separated from other benefits one receives from the government.
The Comptroller-General’s Department recently asked Buan…
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