BANGKOK, April 15 – A government spokesman revealed that over the past three years, the “Commerce Discounts Helping the People” project has resulted in stimulating trading. Help reduce people’s cost of living by more than 16,498 million baht.
Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs Acting as a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office revealed that the 3-year “Commerce Discounts Helping the People” project started in 2020 to reduce the burden and alleviate the cost of living for people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The government, through the Ministry Since 2020, commercial banks have continuously implemented projects to help reduce the cost of living for people during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis, wave two, wave three, since 2020. This project has received cooperation from manufacturers. retail stores Shopping mall, local department store, online platform convenience store Bring products on sale both offline and online. Starting from March 2020 until January 2023, the price of goods and services has been reduced 23 times, a total of 33,485,560 items and a total of 1, 674 items, with discounts ranging from 32-87%. The products that are discounted are essential goods for consumption, such as food, raw materials, vegetables, fruits, rice, agricultural products, meat products. Teaching equipment, etc., both in the local department store. Wholesale and retail department stores, fresh markets, central markets, including buying products and services on online platforms. which from the past three years of this project can help people Reduce expenses by more than 16,498 million baht.
“Commercial discount projects help people who can help alleviate the burden of people’s expenses a lot. At a time when the country faces challenges The government understands the people especially the vulnerable groups Therefore, there has been a way to help people continuously. as well as to stimulate domestic spending increase the amount of money circulating in the Thai economy,” said Mr. Anucha.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency