BANGKOK: Lavaron Sangsnit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, said on Tuesday (May 19) that the Cabinet had approved the Thai Help Thai Plus scheme, with a budget of 175 billion baht.
The scheme combines benefits for state welfare cardholders with the Khon La Khrueng Plus 60/40 co-payment measure, covering more than 43 million people in total to help ease living costs during the crisis.
The beneficiaries are divided into:
>13.18 million state welfare cardholders
>30 million general members of the public who do not hold state welfare cards
>Conditions for state welfare cardholders
>The measure covers 13.18 million people.
>Each recipient will receive 1,000 baht per month to help reduce household expenses.
>Eligible recipients will receive the benefit automatically and do not need to register.
The benefit can be used to buy consumer goods from Blue Flag shops.
>The benefit period runs from June 1 to September 30, 2026.
>Benefits for the general public under Khon La Khrueng Plus
>The measure covers 30 million people.
>It uses a 60/40 co-payment model, with a limit of 1,000 baht per month for four months.
Benefits will be received through the Paotang application only.
>Registration will be open through the Paotang app from May 25-29, 2026.
>The benefit can be used from June 1 to September 30, 2026, between 6am and 11pm.
Eligibility for Khon La Khrueng Plus registration
>Applicants must be aged 18 or over on the registration date.
>They must hold a Thai national ID card and be Thai nationals.
>They must not be state welfare cardholders according to the Finance Ministry’s database as of May 18, 2026.
>They must not have had their rights suspended or been ordered to return money under Khon La Khrueng phases 1-5 or the Khon La Khrueng Plus scheme.
Merchant registration period
>Existing participating shops can accept the conditions from May 25 to September 30, 2026.
>New shops can register from May 25 to July 31, 2026.
>Existing and new shops can link food delivery services from June 10 to Sept 30, 2026, between 6am and 11pm. - The Nation/ANN
