Tag: Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala

Business lobbies, academics blast rice subsidies, govt’s ‘insincere’ anti-graft sentiments

Business lobbies, academics blast rice subsidies, govt’s ‘insincere’ anti-graft sentiments

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Some academics and private-sector representatives yesterday slammed the government over its controversial rice scheme and its “insincerity” in tackling the country’s chronic corruption problems. Ammar Siamwalla, a scholar at the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), said the National Anti-Corruption Commission should consider probing the government for “policy corruption” in the rice-pledging scandal. “Can the NACC […]

Rice payments harry academics

Rice payments harry academics

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Options offered, but none considered easy The Constitution Court should rule the caretaker government’s borrowing to pay farmers who pledged their paddy ahead of parliament dissolution on Dec 9 is legitimate to end the payment deadlock, says an honorary economist at the Thailand Development Research Institute. Paying the farmers is an “inevitable liability” for a […]