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BMA discusses urgent policy measures with the Ministry of the Interior to enhance citizens' quality of life

July 15, 2025

(July 15, 2025) – Chadchart Sittipunt, Governor of Bangkok, and Wantanee Wattana, Permanent Secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), alongside City Hall executives, met with Phumtham Wechayachai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (acting as Prime Minister), to receive important urgent policy directives.

ACT criticises Interior Ministry over removing contractor data

May 20, 2025

The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) condemned the Interior Ministry’s plan to remove information about companies listed as abandoned contractors on Tuesday.

Urgent meeting called ahead of 10,000-baht handouts

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Local Administration Department seeks to ensure provincially based officials understand how to get payouts to disabled

Crackdown will eradicate ‘influential figures’ within 3 months: Chada

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A campaign to rid Thailand of “influential figures” will kick off nationwide on December 1, aiming to eradicate so-called “red category” individuals within three months, the Interior Ministry says.

Roles of Bangkok Metropolitan Council's Committee on Local Administration and Orderliness

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2023

The Committee on Local Administration and Orderliness is responsible for considering, investigating, studying, following up, inspecting and making suggestions on the operations of the BMA in local administration, peacekeeping and internal security.

Plan to eradicate poverty launched

TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2023

A local development agency is to propose a new sandbox project in 7 target provinces to the new government, with the aim of eradicating poverty in these areas by the year 2027.

Pita promises to lift two-term limits on local administrators

THURSDAY, JUNE 01, 2023

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat on Thursday reached out to elected local administrators, promising to lift the current two-tenure limit on them.

EC deems local officials as state personnel, curbs their role in election campaigns

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Local administrative officials are allowed to participate in election campaigns for members of the House of Representatives, as long as related laws are followed, the Election Commission (EC) said on Monday.

Petition to Parliament seeks empowerment of local administration

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2022

The Progressive Movement on Monday submitted 80,772 signatures it has gathered nationwide to Parliament, petitioning the amendment of Article 14 of the Constitution and demanding the shifting of power from the central government to local administrative organisations (LAOs).

Thanathorn to hand ‘Unlock Local’ petition to Parliament

MONDAY, JULY 04, 2022

The Progressive Movement says its national campaign for charter change to decentralise power has received enough public support to trigger a motion in Parliament.

Axed ex-chief says disputed project did not cost TAO a single baht

FRIDAY, MAY 06, 2022

The former head of a controversial local administration in Samut Prakan province on Friday defended himself against an allegation that millions of baht were wasted in a project to erect decorative arches on pedestrian flyovers.

Subdistrict, village headmen to be awarded with special bonus

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

A Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha today (June 23) approved a motion to pay subdistrict and village headmen a special bonus instead of a yearly salary adjustment to boost the morale of local administration officials in helping carry out the government’s policies in this Covid-19 situation.

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