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Home » News from Thailand » Thai farming families receive financial support
Thai farming families receive financial support
Posted in Corona crisis, News from Thailand
Tags: Farmers, Assistance, boeren, Financial support
On Tuesday, the cabinet approved financial support for 10 million households in agricultural areas. They will receive 5.000 baht every month for the next three months, the same amount that employees of closed companies receive.
The approximately 8,4 million farmers listed in the government's database are eligible for the assistance. More than 1,6 million households that have not yet registered can do so on the website of the Agricultural Extension Department until May 15.
The government has also decided to increase the number of (temporarily) unemployed receiving social assistance from 14 to 16 million.
Source: Bangkok Post
There is a big difference between promising and receiving.
My wife's niece who lost her husband in the drama in the terminal in Korat was also promised financial support, she has yet to receive the first bath.
in the time that sandpit and his sister were in charge, things were a lot better for the rural population.
26 million people on temporary benefits, of which 16 million have temporarily lost their jobs, they all live in a family, let's say 4 people, that is 62 million, who are all those people who are now in the shops, 7 eleven , big c, lotus and all those other things don't make any sense
And 4 people in one family who have all lost their jobs is not possible?
@Leen
According to the piece, this concerns 10 million households regardless of the number of people per household.
To me it seems more like a contribution from the government to the farmers for the inconvenience that eg children have lost their jobs and are now unable to make their monthly payments to their parents.
Given the fact that farming families can largely provide for their basic needs, this seems like a nice concession to get through the hard times. Community spirit is needed to get through this crisis. Hopefully that will also be reflected in constructive comments, creative suggestions and if possible actual support plans in the comments on Thailand blog…
Then for the sake of convenience I assume that you will forward all those constructive comments, creative suggestions and actual supports to Prayuth, otherwise it won't get along. Then add the critical comments on his policy from blog readers so that he also learns what fair policy is.
Dear Daan, I am only talking about the successful preventive Corona policy in Thailand, not about the rest of the policy and the policy makers. I do not share your apparent optimism about Prayut's receptivity to third-party advice. So I won't comment on it either. What regularly disturbs me in the comments in this blog is a sometimes endless negativism, a sometimes contemptuous view of the Thai and a strong underrepresentation of appreciative and constructive input about things that are going well or that can be improved even further. Not to mention the positives, of course. Hence my cheerful appeal for less vinegar and more sunshine! It would make Thailandblog even more fun.
Jan I don't know if you live in Thailand, if you do then maybe under a rock, because Prayut and his gang mainly have empty promises that they don't keep.
This government has a drug dealer as minister of agriculture this is a minister with no proper education just a copy of his "passed" diplomas in university which he never attended this has been proven by the Australian media with demonstrable papers that he is 5 spent years in prison there for drug dealing, he has an employee pay for his scam in the face mask trade, he says he knows nothing about it, he pulls his hands off and blames his staff.
Prayut denies the past of this minister all but later says what has been and we continue with fresh courage.
One female minister is as corrupt as can be, but licks Prayut from head to toe, is removed from office and now has to put together a team to tackle corruption (??????).
I could go on like this, but no one wants that.
What I want to say is that living in the Netherlands in a flat and later 3 months with a Thai girlfriend cannot be compared to the daily life of the Thai, especially now.
I live in Chiang Mai, since a few days I can see the mountains again, little or no air pollution, thanks to the government, not thanks to the government's actions, when will this government finally do something about air pollution, once again empty words from Prayut.
My partner and relatives are well-educated people, teacher or professor, don't say that this education has no meaning compared to Western standards, but these people really do not speak positively about Prayut and his gang and therefore vent this through the media.
You will hear constructive comments from few Thai residents, ditto from the farang who lives here with his partner because they know better, it will probably be positive comments from the farang who only stays here temporarily.
Good luck Jan and keep thinking positive about this government.
Regards, Mee Yak
A mistake, the air pollution in Chiang Mai is less because of the rain, not because of the government.
Mee Yak, interesting. But of course I am not talking about the quality of this government and its overall policy. I am specifically talking about the current preventive treatment of the Corona crisis. Based on the infection rate, I conclude that the policy is successful in this regard. The same applies to the distinction in my assessment of the quality of the regimes on the one hand and their successful Corona policy on the other in South Korea, Taiwan and China (after the false start). As for Prayut's support or lack thereof, it is known that the Thai population is hopelessly divided into two camps of approximately equal size, and that the half that can lean on the underlying power structures is de facto the parent party. From my democratic views, I by definition do not have a positive opinion about the improper influence on the processes and results of direct democracy. I would appreciate it if you would not attribute opinions to me that I do not hold at all.
I think it's a good idea, because the agricultural sector in Thailand and especially the small companies are having a hard time. The great drought and for many also the lack of financial support from their children, who worked elsewhere and are now unemployed.
Moderator: Please provide a source for your claim that Thailand is quasi bankrupt.