Big Tu’s economic team clarifies 10 measures that can really help the cost of living
Date 23 Mar 2022 time 21:38
Deputy Prime Minister led Big Tu economic team to clarify 10 measures that can really help the cost of living at the office on March 24
Mr. Supattanapong Phan Mee Chao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, together with Mr. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Finance and Mr. Suchart Chomklin, Minister of Labor will announce details of 10 measures to help the cost of living for people affected by the coronavirus. and the Russian-Ukrainian war at the Government House in the afternoon, which are 10 measures that Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha and Defense Minister have already announced measures on March 22. After the Cabinet meeting (Cabinet), but some measures have not yet explained the details of the implementation. and some measures have inaccurate information And it is highly criticized for most of the old measures. As for the new measures, it can help a small number of people.
For the 10 measures that Gen. Prayut previously announced It covers the assistance during the month of May. – July 2022 for 3 months consisting of
1 Increase the subsidy to buy cooking gas for 3.6 million state welfare card holders by increasing the money from 45 baht to 100 baht / 3 months.
2 Give a discount on the purchase of cooking gas, 100 baht per month, for about 5,500 hawkers who hold state welfare cards.
3 Helping petrol costs for 157,000 motorcycle taxi drivers registered with the Department of Land Transport by reducing gasohol costs by 250 baht per month and asking the Department of Land Transport to regulate the price Services for people who need to use motorcycle taxis to have the same travel expenses. 4 Maintain the retail price of those who use NGV gas at 15.59 baht per kilogram.
5 meter taxi drivers under the same breath program Can buy gas at a price of 13.62 baht/kg.
6 Help reduce the burden of electricity that will increase for those who use electricity not more than 300 units per month by reducing the Ft cost by 22 satang per unit during May – August.
7 freeze the retail price of diesel at 30 baht per liter until the end of April 2022, after which the government will help the part that the price of diesel is increased by half.
8 Supervise the price adjustment of cooking gas during the period from April to June by using oil funds to help reduce the impact of the price adjustment not to be too high.
9. Reduce the rate of contributions of employers and employees under Section 33 of the Social Security system from 5% to 1% so that employees and employers can have spending power and entrepreneurs can have more liquidity in doing business. in the next period
10 Reduce the contribution rate of the insured under section 39 from 9% to 1.9% and reduce the contribution rate of the insured under section 40 to 42-180 baht per month.
It also ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. and the Ministry of Commerce issued urgent measures to help farmers as much as possible. before entering the cultivation season by focusing on the use of domestic raw materials and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with other countries in procuring necessary inputs into the country.