BANGKOK, Nov 19 (TNA) – The government plans to inject money into village and community funds to stimulate the economy.
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak chaired a meeting of the National Village and Urban Community Fund committee and said that the government would allocate equal shares of money to 79,000 village and urban community funds by the end of this year. He told representatives of villagers’ groups to study their local development demand that would be sponsored by the upcoming financial support.
Different villages had different demands including local tourism promotion, homestay accommodations, barns, community-based gas stations and solutions to informal debts, Mr Somkid said.
The government was looking for financial sources and should come to a conclusion in two weeks, he said.
Meanwhile, Kobsak Pootrakool, a member of the village fund board, said the management of the National Village and Urban Community Fund would train 8,000 community leaders nationwide to improve communications with village fund members and local residents, especially communications on government work and policies. The community leaders would be also trained to report the demands of local residents to the government. (TNA)
