Thailand to Fund $13.8 Billion Stimulus Scheme With 2024, 2025 Budgets

THAILAND - BANGKOK. Thailand will finance a 500 billion baht ($13.8 billion) household handout scheme with the 2024 and 2025 budgets, a deputy finance minister said on Monday.

The government has not reduced the size of the stimulus programme but it is expected to use about 450 billion baht, Julapun Amornvivat told reporters, adding the funding was approved by a committee meeting chaired by the prime minister.