Somkid outlines new tasks for economic and social development council
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak on Wednesday (December 25) assigned new tasks to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) to push forward the economy.
They have been asked to work with related state agencies to draw up plans for the next phase of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development, including plans to protect the environment and boost the incomes of people in the EEC.
The council will have to work closely with the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to design packages to solve the poverty problem and reduce the debt of people.
Moreover, it has to work with the Board of Investment (BOI) to create new tax incentive packages to create new economic activities.
Somkid also wants the council to seek ways to solve the debt problem of small and medium-sized enterprises.
He also told the council to work with related ministries to draw up a human resource development plan.
He added that the council and the BOI should work together to seek ways to boost the tourism sector to enable it to absorb the workforce laid off from the industrial sector.
