14.6 million people eligible for benefits under plan approved by cabinet
The cabinet has approved a new round of registrations for state welfare cards with 14.6 million low-income earners meeting the criteria and eligible for benefits.
The popular programme was launched more than a decade ago to provide fairness to low-income earners and there were criteria for welfare cardholders, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday after the cabinet approved the new round.
Each round of registrations requires tens of billons of…
