Bottles of palm oil sit in a Bang Yai market. Prices for palm oil of 40-60 baht per bottle are more expensive than usual. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The government has cut off 45 low-priced Blue Flag stores from its financial relief schemes after they were found to breach the conditions.
Supapat Ongsangkoon, deputy permanent commerce secretary, said on Wednesday following investigations by the Commerce Ministry the 45 shops were found to have taken advantage of the government-sponsored schemes by unfairly raising the prices of products, displaying no price tags and swapping the state subsidy for cash.
Those merchants that violated the conditions were immediately cut off from payment for the government’s co-payment subsidy scheme, Rao Chana financial aid scheme and Section 33 We Love Each…
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