rooster59 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Stricter village fund to be launched end of the month BANGKOK: The government says it will kick off the 35-billion baht Village Fund end of this month with the money to be injected within six months. The minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office Mr Suwapan Tanyuwattana revealed that Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will chair a ceremony to launch the Village Fund Scheme on February 19.He said on the launching ceremony, a technical seminar will also be held on that day to boost understandings of concerned parties about the scheme implementation.Last year, the Prayut government agreed to revive the scheme to help strengthen the local economy.Mr Suwapan said the total budget worth 35 billion baht will be disbursed to the villages through projects within six months.He said every project proposed to the government needs to be approved by people in a local referendum and by the project’s members.A panel composing of representatives from the government and people sector, civil society, the private sector and the banking sector will also be set up to approve each project, he added.According to the minister, the money will be transferred into a newly-opened bank account called “Pracharat” for each approved project to ensure good management.The scheme is also opened to new projects.He said efforts will be made to ensure no duplication of similar projects while each project needs to be designed for collective benefits and sustainable development.To ensure transparency in each project, authorities will suspend the project if it is found to have red-tape and the money returned to the state, he said.Representatives from each projects’ members will be selected to assess the project, he added. Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/150838 -- Thai PBS 2013-01-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This idea is no fun. How can the poo yai ban buy new Fortuners for their relatives if there is financial oversight ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokfrog Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This idea is no fun. How can the poo yai ban buy new Fortuners for their relatives if there is financial oversight ??? Representatives from each projects’ members will be selected to assess the project, he added. Oh ye of little faith... I am sure they will find a way. After all, that is what they paid all that money to be 'elected'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selftaopath Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This idea is no fun. How can the poo yai ban buy new Fortuners for their relatives if there is financial oversight ??? Words are not actions. lol TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdoglover Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This idea is no fun. How can the poo yai ban buy new Fortuners for their relatives if there is financial oversight ??? Representatives from each projects’ members will be selected to assess the project, he added. Oh ye of little faith... I am sure they will find a way. After all, that is what they paid all that money to be 'elected'. Moreover, this seems to suggest that project oversight ("assess"?) will be performed by people already involved in the project. I would highly commend the Thai language equivalent of two simple words to be injected into the "Thai Project Dictionary": independent auditor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 This idea is no fun. How can the poo yai ban buy new Fortuners for their relatives if there is financial oversight ??? Easy, overseer gets also a Fortuner.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 "authorities will suspend the project if it is found to have red-tape". Good old Thailand - never call a spade a spade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Stricter can be added to the list of words such as crackdown, purge, hub etc which mean nothing and achieve even less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Ah! so it was a good idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Ah! so it was a good idea The idea, as a number of Thaksin's ideas were, was a good one. The problem however was not the idea but the way it was (or wasn't) administered. Little oversight, virtually no transparency, accountability etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Ah! so it was a good idea The idea, as a number of Thaksin's ideas were, was a good one. The problem however was not the idea but the way it was (or wasn't) administered. Little oversight, virtually no transparency, accountability etc. Any and all the Thaksin Governments had more transparency than the current Government!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Gentlemen, prepare yourselves and ready your napkins, the trough is scheduled to be filled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) Ah! so it was a good idea The idea, as a number of Thaksin's ideas were, was a good one. The problem however was not the idea but the way it was (or wasn't) administered. Little oversight, virtually no transparency, accountability etc. Any and all the Thaksin Governments had more transparency than the current Government!! Really? Have you seen the accounts for the rice scheme that ran for 3 years under the PTP government of Yingluck Shinawatra yet? IIRC they were classified as a state secret. Have you seen the response to the Ombudsman about the issue of passports to Thaksin Shinawatra yet? IIRC the Ombudsman's request was totally ignored by the PTP government for years. Now what was that you were saying about transparency again? Edited February 14, 2016 by billd766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee68 Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 No village head men driving toyota fortuners were i live in chaing mai ,and ive been living here since thaksin gave the million baht per village, my brother in law is the village headman and he hasnt got 2 sticks to rub together. when they started it many years ago village people could borrow 5000-20000 bt depending on circumstances, you know what was the first thing they bought? hand phones and all on thaksins company, so win win for him.he was a clever guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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