Farmers in 24 provinces on Wednesday resolved that they will take their farm vehicles to Bangkok on Feb 19 to step up pressure on the caretaker government to pay for grain they delivered and pledged months ago under the government’s rice scheme. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, Feb 11 – The anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) said today that about 3,000 farmers who have suffered from the overdue payment for the rice they have sold under the government’s subsidy scheme would join the protest in the capital. PDRC leader Issara Somchai claimed that disgruntled farmers in some provinces have coordinated […]
BANGKOK, 11 February 2014 (NNT) – The cabinet has approved emergency payments for grain sold in the rice-pledging scheme to the amount of 712 million baht. The Commerce Ministry proposed the emergency measure to pay farmers participating in the pledging scheme for the 2012/2013 harvest. Nearly 4,000 households that pledged over 40,000 tons of rice […]
Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reassured farmers that they would be paid as her government’s financial status is sound enough to seek loans from financial institutions to pay farmers. She dismissed speculation that her government was broke and was unable to pay farmers. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
Farmers should sue the prime minister and other relevant Cabinet members for defaulting on payments due to them under the rice-pledging scheme, anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday. Suthep, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), suggested that farmers use their receipts for the pledged rice as evidence to file suits against the […]
BANGKOK, 9 February 2014 (NNT) – Rice farmer protesters have continued surrounding the Ministry of Commerce, awaiting their fellow farmers from other provinces before marching to the Ministry of Justice and the office of the Ministry of Defense in Mueang Thong Thani on Monday. The farmer protesters have rallied in front of the Ministry of […]
BANGKOK, Feb 8 – The caretaker government was recommended to urgently release 18 million tonnes of rice from the state stockpiles to secure money to pay farmers. Att Pisanwanit, Director of the Center for International Trade Studies (ITS) of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), said the government should accept losses by […]
BANGKOK, Feb 7 – Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban led his supporters marching across the capital’s business district today to collect donations for protesting farmers suffering from overdue payments for the rice they have sold under the government’s rice pledging scheme. Today is Mr Suthep’s first march to pressure the caretaker government of Yingluck Shinawatra […]
