Bangkok Post – Officials seek rejig of diesel subsidy

March 30, 2024

PUBLISHED : 30 Mar 2024 at 04:00

Fuel dispensers at a Bangkok filling station. The government is using a diesel excise tax cut and money from the Oil Fuel Fund to keep the retail price of diesel at 29.94 baht a litre.

Energy authorities are planning to ask the government to cap domestic diesel prices without increasing the burden on the dwindling Oil Fuel Fund after the diesel subsidy programme expires on March 31, says the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo).

The government is using a diesel…