Bangkok Post – Elderly living allowance raise gets backing

The House committee on social welfare will forward to parliament a bill raising the monthly living allowance currently offered to elderly poor people to 3,000 baht per month.

Citing findings from a new study by a parliamentary panel looking into a proper basic state pension system, the House committee yesterday signed in support of the bill to be submitted to the House for deliberation, said Natthacha Boonchaiinsawat, chairman of the House committee.

The current rates of monthly living allowances paid to elderly poor people in the government’s state welfare scheme are no longer sufficient to cope with current living costs, said Mr Natthacha.

The ideal minimum monthly living allowance for the elderly…