Govt can use 2025 budget to finance handout planDeputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat elaborates on the digital wallet scheme at Government House on July 24. Mr Chaloempol said the government can have the 2025 budget expenditure, provided that the portion comes from cancelled projects. 285 billion baht from FY 2025 -- with 152.7 billion baht from the annual budget and 132.3 billion from spending cuts. Mr Chaloempol said the adaptation for next year's fiscal budget, including a supplementary bill, will depend on the government's actual situation. Meanwhile, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said the handout would be issued at the end of this year as planned.

Source: Bangkok Post July 31, 2024 02:36 UTC