Interior Ministry scheme to employ more than 30,000 in rural areas
The Interior Ministry will offer over 30,000 positions to help people in rural areas who have become unemployed due to the Covid-19 situation, Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said on Saturday (July 25).
“Two projects that the ministry had proposed to the Cabinet were approved on July 21. The Ministry of Finance has been asked to provide the budget,” he said. These projects are:
1. Local volunteers for underprivileged elders project, to be carried out with a budget of Bt1.08 billion for 12 months. Local administration organisations in each province will hire 15,548 local people to take care of elderly persons in their communities. Each will be paid a salary of Bt5,000 per month. The project is expected to run from July 2020 to September 2021 and should also help provide skill training to those who wish to work in a healthcare-related field in the future.
2. The tambon smart team project, which aims to hire local staff to collect census data for the ministry’s integrated database system. The project has a Bt2.7-billion budget and will also last 12 months with 7,255 tambon (districts) nationwide hiring two staff to carry out the task, totalling 14,510 candidates. Each person will be paid a salary of Bt15,000 per month. The project is expected to run from August 2020 to October 2021.
“The ministry is committed to helping Thai people who have been affected by the Covid-19 situation by providing jobs and stimulating the local economy under the new normal standard,” said Anupong. “The ministry vows to work in a transparent manner to ensure efficient usage of the budget allotted for these projects.”