Thai Cabinet Approves Bt20 Billion Budget For Post Flood Rehabilitation

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Cabinet approves Bt20 billion budget for post flood rehabilitation

BANGKOK, Dec 12 -- The cabinet on Monday approved a Bt20 billion budget for post flood rehabilitation of Thailand’s infrastructure and flood victims' quality of life as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra emphasized that the agencies concerned to carefully prioritise budget spending.

Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said after a special session of cabinet Monday that a budget of Bt20.11 billion was approved to be spent through January, for post flood rehabilitation of infrastructure and flood victims' quality of life

Ms Thitima said that the cabinet instructed flood hit provinces to avoid duplicating projects within the ministries and between ministries.

Projects to be implemented will be prioritised to stimulate the economy and the budget will focus on helping flood victims, entrepreneurs, and business establishments to resume their business operations as quickly as possible.

Damaged infrastructure should be quickly repaired, she said.

Ms Yingluck stressed prioritising the rehabilitation projects and to apply the budget effectively to worthy use. She said the projects would not obstruct the permanent water management plan.

She re-emphasised that cabinet ministers and governors of flooded provinces must to speed budget transparently.

An additional Bt20 billion budget is expected to be approved in February.

Meanwhile, Industry Minister Wannarat Channukul said the budget that each agency requested exceeded the existing budget the government could provide now, so budget must be allocated in accordance with project importance and urgency.

The ministry assigned to oversee rehabilitation of the industrial sector has been allocated Bt112.84 million, he said. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2011-12-12

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FLOOD REHABILITATION

Bt20.11bn budget approved

The Nation

The Cabinet today approved a Bt20.11 billion budget to finance urgent post-flood rehabilitation projects.

It would come from the 2012 fiscal budget, which leaves some Bt47 billion for the government’s urgent disposal, according to Governments Spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang.

The approved amount would be used to repair damaged infrastructure and relieve flood victims’ burden.

While assuring the business community of the government’s readiness to restore the economy, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said on Sunday that the budeget for rehabilitation approved today could reach Bt40 billion.

Under close watch over budget spending, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised transparency and efficiency. The Office of National Economic and Social Development Board has been brought in to scrutinise the proposals, to avoid redundancy and inefficient use of public money.

-- The Nation 2011-12-12

[hellodolly]

How much after Government workers share goes to rehabilitation?

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How much after Government workers share goes to rehabilitation?

40% if their lucky.

Like Value Added Tax except the subtract the value beforehand.

[lazygourmet]

Verbal diarrhea once again...

They did not even give the five thousand baht promised to the people really in need.

Between our compound and Nonthaburi immigration office -which is still underwater- there is a small community of people who are normally working as garbage collectors.

Their shelters are destroyed, they need work, most of them are either legal migrants or from up north... We are waiting for them!

But they are on -a sort of- strike because of this lack of consideration.

Now, there is a charity donation box circulating between the different moo baan to help these people to rebuild first their home and then to clean the mess...

And we are going to help them!

Xmas decoration -this year- in front of our house:

By way as the brave Thai soldiers -they did great- are gone now, I am really hoping -like all my Thai neighborhood- that a 2006 remake is in the plan...

[spidermike007]

Any government official found with their hands in this till should be arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced to life in prison. In addition their family should be made to forfeit all of their assets to flood victims. Want to know how fast things would turn around? Try overnight, if just one baffoon was sentenced like this. The World Bank is estimating $20,000,000,000US in damage, and the IMF is estimating 32 billion US. So, what are they talking about with 20 billion baht? That is less than a billion US. Who are they kidding. That might be enough to collect the garbage.