The Treasury Department confirms that the budget for the ‘Half-Half North’ campaign will not exceed 24 billion baht.

The Treasury Department confirms that the budget to upgrade the "Half-Half" project will not reach 24 billion baht, emphasizing that the government has sufficient sources of funds, denying that it will use the budget for distributing 10,000 baht in Phase 2, revealing that it will not rush to draft the Integrated Entertainment Venue Act to the Cabinet, expecting to propose it after October. Mr. Chulaphan Amornvivat, Deputy Minister of Finance, spoke about the case of the extension of the tourism stimulus project (Half-Half Travel North) that he is currently waiting for the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to determine the format, how much budget will be used before discussing it. At present, there has been no discussion of the rough budget framework. As for the figures that were discussed for the previous project, which used a budget of around 24 billion baht, Mr. Chulaphan explained that the project that was discussed had 5 phases and many episodes, not stimulating the economy at one time. As for the source of the money, there is still confusion about where the money will come from. As for the project to travel to the North, will it not be the number of 24 billion baht? Mr. Chulaphan said that it is not yet and there is no conclusion. He personally thinks that it will not reach that amount because the first budget allocation was a stimulus for 5 rounds. He also confirmed that there is still no conclusion on the source of funds, but the government has quite a lot of channels and will have to look at the amount of money to see how much will be needed. If it is used at a necessary level, there may be many channels such as the normal budget, the central budget. If it is used in small amounts, the budget of the Ministry of Finance may be used for management, but the details must be looked at again. When asked about the criticism of using the 180 billion baht prepared for the economic stimulus project (10,000 baht digital wallet) in the next phase, Mr. Chulaphan stated that there has been no conclusion yet, it is just talk among themselves. As for whether this amount of money will be affected or not, he confirmed that it will not be affected because both projects must proceed, which are not related because the government's sources of funds already have many options, which is normal. In addition, Mr. Chulaphan also mentioned the progress of presenting the results of the study of the draft of the Integrated Entertainment Business Act B.E. ... to the Cabinet, saying that it is currently in the process of the Ministry of Finance preparing to present it to the Cabinet, which will not be next week because it is not that urgent. As for whether it will be in November or not, he is still not sure. He does not know the details that were discussed at the dinner of the coalition government parties because he did not attend. Source: Thai News Agency