New monthly handouts approvedA noodle vendor with a sign announcing participation in the government’s Khon La Khrueng co-payment scheme. (Bangkok Post photo)The cabinet on Tuesday approved a new phase of its co-payment subsidy scheme and doubled its monthly handout for poor and needy people for September and October. The cabinet also resolved to double the monthly handout for holders of government welfare cards; those who had no smartphones and no access to the internet and the government’s Paotang wallet app; and those who were dependants, Gen Prayut said. Their monthly handout will rise from 200 baht to 400 baht per month during September and October. Recipients could start to use the handouts under both programmes from Sept 1, the prime minister said.
