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Cabinet eases criteria for welfare card recipients

People gather outside the Krungthai Bank in Bang Yai Market, Nonthaburi, on June 4 to register for a state welfare card. (photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The cabinet has approved revised eligibility criteria for the State Welfare Card, allowing about 9.3 million rejected applicants to appeal and possibly be approved.

Finance permanent secretary Lavaron Sangsnit said on Monday the changes aimed to better reflect applicants’ actual circumstances, while maintaining the scheme’s core requirements.

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