Thais Help Thais Plus spending tops B2bn on first day

Customers buy pork at a store participating in the government's "Thai Chuay Thai Plus" co-payment scheme at a market in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Tuesday. More than 8.7 million people across the country benefitted under the scheme on Monday, the first day. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

More than 8.7 million people nationwide benefitted from using the Thai Chuay Thai Plus (Thais Help Thais) co-payment app on Monday, the scheme's first day, generating over 2 billion baht in economic activity, according to the Finance Ministry.

The ministry said 26,040,623 people had enrolled in the scheme as of 11pm on June 1. Most were in the 20 to 50 age bracket, the country's core working population.