Consumer council members want Bt3,000 per month for all retirees

Thailand’s Consumer Council (TCC) have voiced their opposition to the Interior Ministry’s recent change to rules on old age pensions and wants them to reinstate the old rules, under which all elderly people aged 60 and over who are not government officials or state enterprise employees are eligible to monthly cost of living allowance from 600 to 1,000 baht, depending on their age.

The TCC recently held a hearing for its members to express their opinions, all of whom disagreed with the Interior Ministry’s change of the rules, under which only elderly people who do not have an income or sufficient income to livewill be eligible for the pension.

The council said it will summarise the opinions and recommendations made by its members for submission to the cabinet, through its policy committee.

During the hearing, Assistant Professor Weerasak Putthasri, deputy secretary-general of…