webfact Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Cabinet nod to assistance for rice farmers BANGKOK (NNT) - The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved budget of more than 275 million baht to help rice farmers and maintain the quality of Jasmine rice. Apart from a 275 million-baht budget, the Cabinet approved a project to maintain the quantity and quality of Thai Jasmine rice for the 2019/2020 production year. The budget will be spent on rice grain for the farmers whose rice was damaged during the 2018-2019 production year. Five kilos of rice grain/rai will be given to the farmers. The Cabinet approved the 4th road safety master plan which focuses on developing a road safety system and promoting a safety culture. The plan also seeks to reduce the number of road accident fatalities among at-risk groups. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed relevant units to use technology to manage traffic with a focus on areas with traffic congestion. As for public health, the meeting approved 19.1 billion baht for the national health security fund for the fiscal year 2020 to ensure the availability of more medical treatments for people in need. Regarding the establishment of the Rail Department, the Cabinet approved drafts of ministerial regulations for the department. The ministerial regulations are expected to be enforced mid April 2019. The law authorizing the department’s establishment has been submitted to His Majesty the King to be signed. -- nnt 2019-02-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I can smell the barrelled pork from Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: Cabinet nod to assistance for rice farmers this is a headline that will run every so often, year or so, until the last of us dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Nodding off is something Thais have mastered.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ba ba Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 how can they have quality rice when the harvesters go from paddy to paddyfield contaminating everyones rice because they won't clean out the bins on the harvester after they cut each paddy field and then it is taken to the middle man and the hole lot is tiped in a big heap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingtlger Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Buying votes...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Maybe finally tracked down & grabbed back all the monies, that those planted sleeper agent Public Servants kept from the farmers to derail yingluck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed relevant units to use technology to manage traffic with a focus on areas with traffic congestion. Instructing them to use existing LAWS would be quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 4 hours ago, webfact said: The budget will be spent on rice grain for the farmers whose rice was damaged during the 2018-2019 production year. Why this 275 million-baht budget expense? About 28 million rai of rice farmland operated by 1.91 million farmers is insured for the 2018 crop year worth THB1.84bn ($55m). The scheme, run by the BAAC, covers six natural disasters: floods, drought, storms, cold, hail and fires. http://www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-NewsLetter-Article/id/43554/type/eDaily/Thailand-Around-half-of-padi-fields-covered-by-rice-insurance The insurance is essencially free to the farmers with government insurance subsidies. The additional 275 million-baht looks like pure boon to the farmers (coincidentally in an election year?) or maybe shared by "Others"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Srikcir said: Why this 275 million-baht budget expense? About 28 million rai of rice farmland operated by 1.91 million farmers is insured for the 2018 crop year worth THB1.84bn ($55m). The scheme, run by the BAAC, covers six natural disasters: floods, drought, storms, cold, hail and fires. http://www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-NewsLetter-Article/id/43554/type/eDaily/Thailand-Around-half-of-padi-fields-covered-by-rice-insurance The insurance is essencially free to the farmers with government insurance subsidies. The additional 275 million-baht looks like pure boon to the farmers (coincidentally in an election year?) or maybe shared by "Others"? Yea farmers seem to get money always around election time. Strangely I havent seen much about it in other election programs. Thankfully this year the programs seem to include all poor not just farmers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 18 hours ago, webfact said: The Cabinet approved the 4th road safety master plan which focuses on developing a road safety system and promoting a safety culture. The plan also seeks to reduce the number of road accident fatalities among at-risk groups. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed relevant units to use technology to manage traffic with a focus on areas with traffic congestion I hope it works better than the others. They still can’t figure out they need to actually police ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 15 hours ago, robblok said: Yea farmers seem to get money always around election time. Strangely I havent seen much about it in other election programs. Thankfully this year the programs seem to include all poor not just farmers. U wait and see how much of that "actually" gets to the farmers after the "distribution network" has gotten its hands on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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