Ekniti Nitithanprapas, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, said the measure will ease living-cost pressures on the public and small businesses to prevent public purchasing power from contracting too sharply.
He said Thailand is entering a third wave of crisis after the energy crisis: a crisis of high prices, driven largely by inflation in April 2026, which reached 2.9%. There is a very high chance it will rise further, and it could reach 5%.
Customers shop at a supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand, March 31, 2016. Photo by Reuters
The Krungthai Bank Public Company Limited has prepared its operating system so that people could register via the Pao Tang application, covering all 30 million entitlements. Registration will be open from May 25 to 29.
Lavaron Sangsnit, Permanent Secretary for Finance, said Thai Help Thai Plus will support more than 43 million people. The first group, 13.2 million state welfare card holders, will receive an increase of THB1,000 between June and September 2026 to buy consumer goods.
