The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is set to request a 90 billion baht budget for 2024, with plans to revise policies in line with global trends and the new cabinet’s direction. This decision follows a recent meeting of the Bangkok Executive Board, chaired by Governor Chadchart Sittipunt.

 

Chadchart revealed that the budget management format would adopt a zero-based budgeting approach. This method requires the BMA to review every policy based on its capacity to effectively cover expenses, reports Bangkok Post.

 

He explained…

 

“For more efficient project management, every project that has that ability will get a pass. If it does not, we will reconsider the benefits that people might get from a certain project before reintroducing it.”

 

By Mitch Connor

Caption: Photo: istock

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/environment/bangkok-seeks-2bn-budget-approval-for-green-spaces-and-pollution-projects

 

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“For more efficient project management, every project that has that ability will get a pass. If it does not, we will reconsider the benefits that people might get from a certain project before reintroducing it.”

How novel... it might catch on.