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Pension rule change draws fire

Elderly face limits on who gets welfare

An elderly woman rests near the Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok. (Bangkok Post file photo)

Critics have slammed the outgoing government for issuing a new regulation imposing income limits on the elderly receiving monthly allowances.

They say it should be left to the incoming government to decide on the matter while accusing the outgoing government of inefficiently categorising income groups.

The new regulation was signed by Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda and published in the Royal Gazette on Friday and became effective on…

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