Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Chantararuangthong said this morning that all the applications, through which disabled and vulnerable people can check for confirmation of their rights to receive the 10,000 baht benefits under the digital wallet scheme, are functioning properly and have not experienced any faults.
He also said that he does not think there will be any problem relating to the payment when the 10,000 baht is paid from Wednesday onward for the 14.5 million disabled and vulnerable people, including welfare card holders.
Many of this group logged into the three websites and the “Rath Jai” application to check for confirmation of their right to receive the money, while others called the Customer Relations Centre for State Welfare Cards to seek conformation.
According to the payment plan, the first group of 3.17 million, out of 14.5 million disabled and vulnerable people, with their ID cards ending with “0” will get paid tomorrow, followed by 4.51 million whose ID cards end with “1”, “2” or “3” on Thursday. The rest will get paid on either on Friday or September 30th.
Pornchai Thiraveja, director of the Fiscal Policy Office and spokesman for the Finance Ministry, said that those among the disabled and vulnerable group of people who missed out or who did not subscribe for the PromptPay system in time will still be entitled to the money, to be paid on October 22 or November 22, providing that they renew their ID cards for disabled people.
The disabled who do not have a disabled person’s ID card or whose cards have expired can apply for new cards by December 3 so they can claim the 10,000 baht.
