Energy Ministry Called PTT/Fuel Trader Join Subsidise 3 Baht.
Energy Ministry Called PTT/Fuel Trader Join Subsidise 3 Baht/Liter Gasohol95 For Poor Autobike Taxi By Three Months.
11-10-2018–Today after DPM Somkid Jatusripitak visit PTT for policy meeting, DPM Somkid disclosed that by the higher and higher fuel oil price today he had assigned Energy Ministry to consult with PTT and Fuel Oil Traders to consider the measure to support the poor during the high fuel oil price period, to prevent them from difficulty effected from higher cost of living.
Energy Minister Dr.Siri disclosed that
by the next three months, the poor automobile taxi who are holding State Welfair Card and The Public Autobike Taxi License provide by Land Transport Department will gain three baht/liter discount of Gasohol-95 they fill in order to heal the difficulty from higher expense occored from higher price of fuel oil.The measure was target to be able to start implementing within the next three months.
PTT is ready to support the measure while others brand of fuel oil traders can viluntary join support the measure to subsidise Gasohol 95’for poor automobile taxi.
Fuel Oil Fund will pay two baht/liter and each brand of fuel oil trader who join subsidise will pay one baht/liter.
According to Minister Siri, there are about 100,000 Bangkok automobike taxi and over 100,000 autobike taxi outside Bangkok or 200,000-300,000 autobike taxi were registered under Land Transportation Department public automobile driving licences.
DPM Somkid also assigned PTT to consult with State Own banks to join creating off line retail store and on line platform to strengthen the market place to serve selling local products to support local people to gain better income.
PTT will talk to State Own Banks such as Saving Bank, Agricultural and Cooperative Bank., etc for them to provide their big data of their client who might operating local products production in oreder to match the data of the demand and supply, including to decide which location of PTT retail store will be the most suitable to operate as the supply storage and distribution center in each region and what kind of products which has demand to supply., etc., according to PTT Ecexcutive.
