Welfare data to drive jobs push
Thailand General Welfare data to drive jobs push PUBLISHED : 27 Jul 2026 at 04:27 NEWSPAPER SECTION: News WRITER: Post Reporters Small Medium Large A job fair in Bangkok in February. "This is an issue that must be addressed," Mr Ekniti said. "We cannot allow people to continue earning less than 100,000 baht a year indefinitely.
- ▪Thailand General Welfare data to drive jobs push PUBLISHED : 27 Jul 2026 at 04:27 NEWSPAPER SECTION: News WRITER: Post Reporters Small Medium Large A job fair in Bangkok in February.
- ▪"This is an issue that must be addressed," Mr Ekniti said.
- ▪"We cannot allow people to continue earning less than 100,000 baht a year indefinitely.
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Thailand General Welfare data to drive jobs push PUBLISHED : 27 Jul 2026 at 04:27 NEWSPAPER SECTION: News WRITER: Post Reporters Small Medium Large A job fair in Bangkok in February. Varuth Hirunyatheb The government plans to use data from its latest state welfare card registration to help more than five million working-age low-income people find jobs and improve their skills in a bid to address the root causes of poverty.Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the registration exercise found that more than five million of the programme's nine million-plus recipients were aged 20 to 60. "This is an issue that must be addressed," Mr Ekniti said. "We cannot allow people to continue earning less than 100,000 baht a year indefinitely.
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