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Businesses welcome drive against red tape

The private sector has welcomed the government's accelerating efforts to remove laws and regulations that hamper business, saying the initiative would sharpen the country's competitiveness.

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Fixed-term gun licences eyed

The government is considering introducing fixed-term firearms possession licences as part of a comprehensive overhaul of Thailand's 1947 firearms law.

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Public sector ramps up AI adoption to drive reform

Public agencies have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) to increase officials' productivity, improve personalised service, and ensure transparency while maintaining country sovereignty.

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Slimming down the state

The government is attempting what many administrations before it have promised but ultimately failed to achieve: shrinking the country's sprawling bureaucracy.

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Cabinet backs faster removal of foreigners

A cabinet-backed draft regulation will allow authorities to remove foreigners whose conduct is deemed incompatible with Thai morals and social norms, Deputy Prime Minister for Legal Affairs Pakorn Nilprapunt said.

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Govt reviews power deals

The government is reviewing long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with private producers as part of efforts to lower electricity prices, Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt said on Sunday.

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Cabinet backs faster removal of foreigners

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100 laws to be made more business-friendly

The government is accelerating plans to overhaul more than 100 laws identified by the private sector as obstacles to doing business, with reforms aimed at lowering costs and strengthening Thailand’s competitiveness.

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Provincial offices targeted for civil service downsizing

Closing provincial branch offices of state agencies could be part of an overhaul of Thailand’s public administration system under plans being drawn up by the The Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC).

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Govt to begin abolishing redundant state agencies in Sept

The government will begin dissolving and merging state agencies with overlapping or obsolete functions from September, as part of a broader effort to streamline Thailand's public sector and improve competitiveness, Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt said on Sunday.

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Over 100 tied to local exam fraud

A government committee estimates more than 100 people from the public and private sectors may be involved in the local government exam fraud process.

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Govt planning to shrink state sector

The government plans to reduce the public workforce from three million to two million under civil service reforms.

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Govt plans to cut civil service

The government's proposal to encourage civil servants as young as 40 years old to leave the bureaucracy voluntarily could become one of the most ambitious efforts in years to reduce the size of the state workforce.

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Government considers new disaster insurance scheme

The government is developing a disaster insurance scheme in partnership with private insurers to provide faster and more substantial compensation to disaster victims while reducing pressure on the state budget.

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Deportation rule receives cabinet nod

The country's first formal regulations governing the deportation of foreign nationals have been approved by the cabinet, introducing a framework to expedite the removal of foreigners who violate immigration and criminal laws.

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Civil service early retirement bid ‘cannot wait’

The government's proposal to expand voluntary early retirement for civil servants is needed to tackle long-standing structural problems that can no longer be postponed, Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt said on Wednesday.

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Anti-graft agency declares exam scandal a special case

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has designated local government recruitment exam scandal a special case, citing its scale, complexity and the large number of people implicated.

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Voluntary early retirement eyed

The government is considering widening eligibility for a voluntary early retirement scheme for civil servants, with younger officials potentially included as part of efforts to reduce personnel costs and modernise the bureaucracy.

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Committee to probe local govt exam fraud

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has set up a committee to investigate alleged fraud in the 2025 local government recruitment examinations.

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Govt seeks tougher procurement law

The government plans to tighten public procurement rules to reduce abandoned state projects and improve contractor accountability, Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt said.

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OECD quest spurs reform

Thailand is undertaking one of the most ambitious legal and regulatory reform programmes in its modern history as the government seeks to secure membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) by 2028, says Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt.

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Senate backs new Council of Security secretary

The Senate on Monday approved the appointment of Nopadhol Pereeroek as secretary-general of the Council of State (CoS), filling a post left vacant after Pakorn Nilprapunt stepped down in March before joining the Bhumjaithai-led government as a deputy prime minister.

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Thai civil service cutback plan in pipeline

The government plans to downsize its civil service through an early retirement scheme while increasing pay for remaining staff, as the administration accelerates its transition towards digital governance and artificial intelligence-driven public services.

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Unnecessary laws to get the chop

The Thai government is preparing to reform more than 7,000 economic laws, initially focusing on 10 to 20 key statutes in an effort to reduce obstacles to doing business in the country.

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New flak for foreign land ownership bill

The government is listening to every concern about the proposal to allow foreigners to hold land ownership of up to one rai for residential purposes, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-Ngam.

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