BANGKOK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday stated a part of the federal government’s vaunted 450 billion baht ($13.1 billion) “digital pockets” handout will probably be distributed in money, in one other change to its flagship populist coverage.
Particulars are nonetheless being finalised and will probably be introduced in a coverage assertion to parliament, she added.
The digital pockets handout had beforehand entailed transferring 10,000 baht ($292) in credit score to 50 million Thais through a smartphone utility to spend of their localities inside six months.