BANGKOK: Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday (April 10) revealed details of his government’s plan to stimulate the economy by giving digital cash handouts of 10,000 baht (US$275) to an estimated 50 million Thais for spending at their local businesses.
Srettha said at a news conference that the 500-billion-baht (US$13.7-billion) plan, to be mostly funded out of the 2024 and 2025 fiscal budgets, will be rolled out in the last quarter of the year.
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