Rao Chana not good enough

Rao Chana not good enough

The government’s financial aid scheme Rao Chana (We Win), which was supposed to provide 7,000 baht in subsidies to pandemic-stricken citizens, has come under criticism for being inaccessible to the neediest and for not providing a cash handout.

Only one bank — Krung Thai — has been selected to handle offline registrations for the programme which opened nationwide last Monday. The resulting massive queues have left many people unable to register as the bank accepted only a few applicants a day.

In the past week, we saw TV footage of an elderly woman weeping after being yelled at by a bank teller in…