BANGKOK, Feb 2 (TNA) – The cabinet allocated 251 million baht from the government’s central fund for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to reinstate the forest guards who had earlier been laid off.

 

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said that earlier the budget of his ministry had been cut. Consequently, half of guards at forests in nationwide national parks had been laid off and the rest of them had suffered salary reduction.

 

The ministry’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will spend the 251-million-baht budget to hire 3,999 forest guards from March to September. Their monthly salary was set at 9,000 baht.

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-874652

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Their monthly salary was set at 9,000 baht.

There are only two ways to survive on that money, either you survive on Jungle kill or try and get some brown envelopes from poachers or illegal loggers.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Their monthly salary was set at 9,000 baht.

It makes a mockery of the Thailand minimum wage law. Could those hired therefore sue their employer (Govt)? The ruling party is supposed to set the standards by which the populace abide, not abuse them.