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B4,000 handouts approved for salaried workers

B4,000 handouts approved for salaried workers

Long queues also reported for new round of ‘Rao Chana’ registration

People wait in line to register for the “Rao Chana” programme at Krungthai Bank’s Pua branch in Nan province on Monday. (Photo from Twitter @Chonbpnini)

The cabinet has approved 4,000-baht Covid-19 handouts for salaried workers under the Social Security system.

Under the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” programme, around 9.3 million company employees — those under Section 33 of the 1990 Social Security Act — will be given 1,000 baht a week for four weeks through “Paotung”, a mobile application developed by the Finance Ministry. They also need to spend it through the app at approved vendors.

Eligible recipients must not have state…

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