Parliament, Welfare Committee Prepare to propose a revised draft Elderly person km. The premium has been increased to 3,000 baht without requesting additional budget. but allocate new taxes Ask the government to consider

Mr. Natcha Bunchaiinsawat Chairman of the Social Welfare Committee House of Representatives and Ms. Wannawipa Maison along with the committee members social welfare House of Representatives Announcement of the progress of the subcommittee on the development of the basic public pension system or the 3,000 baht pension. This matter has been in operation for many generations in order to increase pensions for the elderly. with payments gradually increasing Since the inception of this welfare But now the money numbers have been stable for a long time. and sees that at present this is not sufficient for sustenance which the previous committee had Set up a sub-committee on sources of income. and guidelines for considering the legal framework and considering sending the draft to the House of Repres
entatives sent to the management team at that time It was General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, but he was dismissed because it was a financial matter. Therefore, we have not yet stopped fighting to demand and push this issue.

Ms. Wannawipa said that although the Kao Kao Kai Party is not the government and works as an opposition party, We use all mechanisms and channels. In order to lead to the continuation of the policies that have been campaigned for with the people. Therefore, this report will be the first basic step towards pensions in Thailand that have been in the hundreds for more than 30 years and have not been increased. Even though we often talk that we live in an aging society But if we can only say that we live in an aging society but there have been no changes at all. It is not consistent with the current situation of the elderly.

Ms. Wannipa said that in this report there are 2 parts. The first is the amendment to the Elderly Act of 2003 in Section 11 regarding the issue of payments to th
e elderly. This version is not related to the Progressive Party because the content is different. The committee has used old laws to revise the principles and procedures for making payments to the elderly. The original law was written to be paid as deemed appropriate. But the new law is to pay no less than Poverty line at the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council Currently set to be around 2,900, almost 3,000 baht.

and there was consensus on the requirements in the committee’s resolution Signed this bill to be amended and is about to submit it to the House. On behalf of the Social Welfare Commission And it is likely to be the first law of the 26th Parliament that has MPs from every political party sign together on behalf of the committee.

Part 2: Regarding the use of money, we have further studied the use of money because making a public pension requires quite a bit of money. For example, currently there are 11.8 million elderly people receiving living allowances, using a budget of
more than 90 billion baht. But when compared with the budget with pensions in other parts Whether it is civil servants who consume more than 300 billion baht in budget, there is still inequality in comparison to public pensions.

‘This pension not focused Or say that government pensions will be reduced. But we point out that the public sector pension uses a very small budget for nearly 12 million people. Therefore, it does not need to be raised in a leap of 3,000 baht, but it may be increased in steps from the first year from 600 to 1,200 baht for everyone? no Then next year it may be increased to 2,000 or 3,000 baht, which we call all agencies in the public sector. economics professors, lawyers, academics to help consider This report came up. What if people’s pensions were to be increased? Of course, in the first year it would increase from 600 to 1,200 baht, requiring approximately an additional budget. 50,000-60,000 million baht, so I think that if we change the regulations for using the emergency central
budget or overlapping with various ministries, bureaus, and departments, we can have money entering the state of up to 40,000 million baht. That means The first year we will definitely increase it from 600 to 1,200,’ Mr. Natcha said.

Mr. Natcha said that every political party that has ever campaigned should support this report. Including the bills that we submit on behalf of committee members and political parties. or the public sector Hopefully the Prime Minister will sign and bring it up for debate in the first session. Is it possible to create a basic pension for the people?

Source: Thai News Agency