Palang Pracharath Party's campaign policy: State welfare card

Abstract

State welfare card or "poor person's card" under the Pracharat Welfare Project It is a measure to help people with low incomes. During the government period with General Prayut Chan-o-cha holding the position of Prime Minister Can be used to reduce the cost of consumer goods, services, and travel expenses. It has been criticized as being “Populist policy” that the government during the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) era want to draw popular votes from the people to prepare "Inheriting power" Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister As the leader of the Palang Pracharat Party Press conference to reveal the main policies of the party that will be used in the 2023 election campaign, which this policy is a measure to alleviate the cost of living, increase financial assistance for the disabled, increase financial aid for farmers, increase financial support for children's parents, increase financial aid for state welfare card holders by public opinion regarding increasing financial assistance to those holding "State Welfare Card" found that the majority of people 80.84 percent said they agreed because people with low incomes would be able to use the money to pay for living expenses. Therefore, in this issue it will be pointed out that the government welfare card policy is consistent with sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development has been in existence in the world for more than 40 years. In Thailand, the concept of sustainable development It is a concept within the framework of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy. Emphasis on the middle path covering 3 dimensions, namely the economic dimension, social dimension and environmental dimension.