Thai Budget Bill, Spending to Proceed as Planned, Minister Says
The government is set to inject an additional 48 billion baht ($1.5 billion) into the economy over the remaining three months of the current fiscal year, Pichai told Bloomberg News in an interview late Sunday. The $115 billion budget bill for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 is on track to be passed by parliament by the end of August, he said.
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