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The National Security Council (NSC) is scheduled to set up a special team to tackle Thailand’s fuel and food crisis when it meets on Monday (July 4).

A project selling rice topped with curry at 25 baht per dish will launch on Monday to help people facing hardship from rising food prices, the Thai Restaurant Association (TRA) said on Sunday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Thursday that his ministry had not yet allowed instant noodle manufacturers to increase their retail prices.

The rising prices of consumer goods, especially food ingredients, oil and cooking gas prices, point to an upward trajectory for the overall cost of living, and this situation is likely to continue unless the economy recovers fully from the fallout of the pandemic.

A survey of 1,383 people conducted by Suan Dusit Poll from January 24 to 27 on rising commodity prices revealed the following:

Thailand’s three major superstores on Tuesday agreed to cooperate with the government in fixing the retail prices of chicken meat in a move to control the rising cost of living.

People in Thailand are being urged to switch to chicken in a bid to tackle the shortage of pork, rising prices and to help poultry farmers nationwide.

Global food costs jumped last month, extending a march toward a record and piling more inflationary pressure on consumers and governments.

The price of vegetables at the Municipal Fresh Market 2 in Uthai Thanis Mueang district has risen as floods have hit the provinces agricultural areas, leading to lower production.

Across the world, a dearth of workers is shaking up food supply chains.

The Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department is keeping a close eye on prices over the long weekend to ensure people are not overcharged by unscrupulous traders.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the chairperson of the National League for Democracy, which dominated the 2015 general election, will meet President Thein Sein and Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing separately on December 2 in Nay Pyi Taw.