Thailand’s political parties unveil policies to woo elderly people

[webfact]

 

Several political parties have unveiled policies designed for people who are over 60, hoping to attract their votes in the May 14th general election.

 

According to the Department of Older Persons, there were 12,698,362 elderly people in Thailand last year, accounting for 19.21% of the total population of about 66 million and it is estimated that the number will increase by one million each year.

 

Some of the party manifesto policies include:

 

◼︎The Palang Pracharath Party’s progressive allowance: 3,000 baht/month for people aged 60-70; 4,000 baht/month for people from 70 to 80 and 5,000 baht/month for those who are over 80.

◼︎The Thai Sang Thai Party’s pension policy: 3,000 baht/month for all elderly people, with the first batch of five million, who do not have enough income to make a living, to receive the allowance in the first phase. A free healthcare program will also be provided for all elderly people. There will be voluntary and mandatory savings programs to urge people to start saving while they are young.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailands-political-parties-unveil-policies-to-woo-elderly-people/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-04-15

 

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[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

According to the Department of Older Persons,

Are they referring to government house?

[RocketDog]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Are they referring to government house?

Yes. The department abbreviation is DOPe.

[BangkokReady]

It's a very nice idea to look after the elderly, but they should probably also be looking at raising the retirement age to something more practical and forcing employers and employees to pay into some kind of pension.

[billd766]

I trust that the EC is checking ALL of the parties on where the money to pay for this is coming from?

[RichardColeman]

If all these pension reforms are coming out of the military budget then I am all for it !

[still kicking]

5 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

It's a very nice idea to look after the elderly, but they should probably also be looking at raising the retirement age to something more practical and forcing employers and employees to pay into some kind of pension.

Yes, like it is in Australia or maybe other countries as well