Retired Civil Servants
A special spending package was also set up for retired civil servants. Under
this program the government will pay an amount equivalent to 30 times salary
to the families of civil servants who pass away. A new ruling permits retired
civil servants to spend half of that amount before their death. It is estimated
that the total amount of spending power created from this initiative would
be roughly 45 billion baht.
To boost grassroots access to financing, the Thaksin administration set up
a number of new institutions:
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