Monthly allowance for special needs people to be increased
The monthly allowance for those with special needs will be raised from Bt800 to Bt1,000, the Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities’ committee decided at a meeting.
Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit chaired the meeting and said the resolution would soon be forwarded for approval to the Cabinet.
Some 2 million Thai citizens with special needs are expected to benefit from the allowance hike.
Budgetary allocation is expected to increase by Bt4.8 billion a year, which needs to be injected in the middle of 2020 or the beginning of 2021.
