The government through the Commerce Ministry looks set to organise the final discount scheme of the year covering more than 13,000 product items nationwide in November, a move to help lower costs of living for the people.
According to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit, the seventh campaign in which the ministry has partnered with modern trade, local department stores and suppliers will offer discounts as high as 70%.
He estimates the final discount campaign to help reduce about 500 million baht worth of cost of living on top of about 1.3 billion baht launched through the previous…