Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat
The government’s controversial digital wallet scheme is likely to be downsized, with those who earn more than a yet-to be-defined amount per month not being eligible to receive the one-time 10,000 baht token, to be transferred to their digital wallet.
Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said today (Thursday) that the sub-committee tasked with considering the scheme has proposed that those considered “rich” should be omitted, but they are still divided over who qualifies as “rich”.
He said the subcommittee has come up with three options.
The first option is that the digital wallet scheme be limited to the 15-16 million low-income earners or state welfare card holders. In this case, the scheme will cost about 160 billion baht.
The second option is that those who earn more than Bt25,000 per month or who have Bt100,000 in…
