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PM focuses next budget on recovery

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha emerges from a meeting of state agencies where he outlined policy priorities for the next fiscal year’s budget expenditure at Impact Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi. (Photo: Government House)

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he has prioritised financing the post-pandemic economic revival through state projects that include more than 500 billion baht worth of investments by state enterprises, as he mapped out a plan for this year's budget.

The premier made the remark at a meeting he chaired of state agencies where he laid out guidelines for how the budget will be allocated after the cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of 3.35 trillion baht (US$100 billion) for the 2024 fiscal year which will kick off on Oct 1.

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