Treasury Guarantees Thai Help Thai Plus Registration of 30 Million Entitlements Won't Crash - Deadline May 25
The Finance Ministry guarantees Thailand's Thai Help Thai Plus relief program can handle 30 million registrations without system crashes, with enrollment running May 25-29 through the Krung Thai Bank app. The scheme raises the minimum age t
Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary Lawon Saengsinit announced that the Thai Help Thai Plus crisis relief program will comfortably accommodate 30 million 60/40 welfare entitlements during registration. He expressed confidence in sufficient entitlements based on previous programs like the 50/50 scheme and Shop-Taste-Use initiative, which peaked at 28 million registrants. This round raises the age requirement to 18 years old, up from the previous 16-year threshold, as the program targets working-age individuals to alleviate living costs rather than stimulate economic growth like previous initiatives.
Registration will run May 25-29 through the Krung Thai Bank's Pao Tang application, with officials confident the system will not crash due to experience with similar campaigns. An estimated 13.2 million existing welfare cardholders will receive immediate benefits without re-registering for two months, during which new eligibility criteria will be refined to ensure truly low-income individuals qualify. Officials are developing these new criteria for Cabinet approval before opening registration for new welfare cardholders, with some previously ineligible groups expected to gain access while those losing welfare status will receive 60/40 benefits instead.
Data from new welfare cardholder registrations will be stored for future benefit consideration. Regarding the 400 billion baht government borrowing authorization, livelihood support and energy transition spending can proceed simultaneously, though no agencies have yet submitted energy transition projects—submissions are expected within 1-2 weeks for screening committee review.
