Deputy finance minister insists digital wallet scheme will go ahead despite growing criticism
PUBLISHED : 10 Oct 2023 at 19: 41
A screen in a meeting room at Government House displays information at the the first session of the digital wallet steering committee on Oct 5. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)
The government is considering revising its 10,000-baht digital wallet handout scheme by excluding wealthy people, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said on Tuesday.
The proposal comes at a time when the government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has been defending the centrepiece of its economic revival policy against critics who say that its cost, at 560 billion baht, is too much. As well, they say, it is still not clear how the programme will be funded.
The digital wallet steering committee will consider revising the scheme when it meets on Wednesday, or on Oct 19, to exclude wealthy people, as some critics have suggested
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