The government plans to give 3,000-baht cash handouts to 15 million people affected by the economic fallout caused by Covid-19.
The plan is expected to inject about 90 billion baht in the economy and boost domestic consumption.
The government will give 3,000-baht cash handouts to people to buy consumer goods.
They are required to register for the cash and the money will be transferred through the Pao Tang app's G-wallet app, similar to the Chim Shop Chai (taste-shop-spend) scheme.
The measure is aimed at helping 15 million people. Spending under the measure will be initially capped at 100-250 per person per day.
For shops and businesses that want to join the programme, priority will be given to small entrepreneurs, as well as street vendors and hawkers.
The government will subsidise 50% of their spending.
Meanwhile, the Labour Ministry's request for 23.47 billion baht to hire new graduates has been approved.
Under the budget, 260,000 new graduates nationwide are expected to be hired for 12 months, from Oct 1 this year to Sept 30, 2021, with the government paying 50% of their monthly salary based on their highest education level but not exceeding 7,500 baht per person.
Graduates qualified for the project must be Thai nationals aged under 25 years old.
Those who are older than 25 years must graduate during 2019–2020.
The second part of the project is the "Thailand Job Expo 2020" job fair tentatively scheduled to take place at the end of this month.
Around one million positions in the public and private sectors will be available at the event. Candidates and jobs will be matched using the platform "Thai Mee Ngan Tham" (Thais Have Jobs).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior has instructed all provinces to organise a walking street to promote tourism and revive the economy.
