Government House, The Prime Minister revealed that the Cabinet approved a budget of over 433 million baht to organize the “Charm of Thailand” activity to stimulate the economy urgently during the low season. He also accepted the principle of solving infrastructure problems in Kalasin and Ratchaburi provinces, with a budget of over 170 million baht. He is preparing to hold a mobile Cabinet meeting on August 19-20 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.

Prime Minister Settha Thavisin revealed that the Cabinet meeting approved the proposal of the Ministry of Finance to sell zero debt under the project to solve the farmers’ debt problem by selling zero debt in the fund or capital of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Koh Lanta Fisheries Cooperative in the amount of 5,930,000 million baht because in early 1996 there was a severe epidemic in shrimp farming causing shrimp to die in the entire pond. Therefore, the cooperative had no money to pay the debt, which caused it to stop operating. Therefore,
the Cabinet had to proceed as proposed by the Ministry of Finance.

In addition, the Cabinet meeting approved the principle of the Prime Minister’s inspection of Kalasin and Ratchaburi provinces to solve the problems of the people in the area in 7 projects, with a budget of 170.92 million baht, such as the project to develop infrastructure to be safe to support tourism, the development of water sources to increase the irrigation area so that water can be used.

The Prime Minister also said that the Cabinet meeting also acknowledged the urgent economic stimulus measures through tourism to stimulate the domestic economy, using a central budget of 433.199 million baht, divided into online platform tourism projects and projects to promote tourism in groups of provinces by organizing the ‘Charming Thailand’ festival to stimulate the entire economy. He also assigned the Minister of Tourism and Sports to continue the work because the government currently wants to stimulate the economy using the tourism mechanism dur
ing the low season. Therefore, he asked the TAT to cooperate with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to find economic stimulus measures in major cities and attractive cities before the high season in November. He emphasized that this matter is urgent and the Minister of Tourism and Sports and the TAT governor must be ordered to expedite the implementation of various projects before the high season.

The Prime Minister said that the Cabinet meeting also approved the Ministry of Justice’s proposal to provide special rewards to drug officers nationwide from various agencies in fiscal year 2024, not exceeding 13,047 positions, with a total budget of 85.7 million baht, to boost morale and encourage officers to devote themselves and sacrifice themselves in performing their duties, and to encourage drug personnel to be motivated and determined to perform their duties, in line with the government’s national agenda to eliminate drugs.

In addition, the Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Transport to draf
t a ministerial regulation to determine the characteristics or provide equipment, facilities or services in the air ground in the vehicle and transportation service area to enable the disabled to access and use, such as adding sound signals and light signals in the bus station, improving the characteristics of travel equipment to facilitate and provide services to the disabled, which ordered the meeting to further stipulate that the Ministry of Transport determine the time period to complete the project in all dimensions of travel, whether by water, land or rail, and ordered the Minister of Social Development and Human Security to supervise that it must be in accordance with the time period.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet meeting also acknowledged the Ministry of Public Health’s proposal for a 10-year strategy for reforming the workforce and overall public health service missions to accelerate the production and development of sufficient manpower to provide public health care, including nurses and nursing programs,
and to increase the production of nursing assistants and increase civil servant compensation at an appropriate rate.

The Prime Minister also revealed that the Cabinet meeting also acknowledged the 5th Cabinet Meeting/2024 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, along with monitoring the inspection of the upper central region, Chai Nat, Ayutthaya, Sing Buri, Saraburi, and Ang Thong provinces, between 19-20 August.

Source: Thai News Agency