The Ministry of Finance has disbursed payments to 15 million applicants for the government’s Bt5,000 cash handouts, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, secretary to the Finance Minister, said on Saturday (May 23).

About 15 million applications for the government’s Bt5,000 remedial payments have been approved, with 14.5 million payments received by this week, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, secretary to the finance minister, said on Tuesday (May 19).