Commerce Ministry to sell cheap rice to low-income people

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Commerce Ministry to sell cheap rice to low-income people

The Commerce Ministry will sell cheap rice to about 200,000 low-income earners via co-operatives to help ease their financial burden.

The project is expected to require a budget of Bt100 million. About 5,000 tons of white rice will be sold in 2-kg packages to low-income earners through cooperatives across the country. 

To ensure the target demographic has access to affordable rice, the Interior will undertake a survey of low-income earners countrywide and forward the data to governors who will oversee distribution. The target number of customers is estimated at 200,000.