The spokesperson for the 2027 Budget Committee revealed that eight subcommittees have been formed to help screen work, adhering to frameworks of targets, quality, and usage duration. They approved cutting overlapping budgets by eliminating entire projects if they do not meet national priorities, and confirmed agreement with the opposition to cut redundant central budgets overlapping with the loan decree.
At 10:00 a.m. on 14 July 2026 GMT+7. Mr. Krawee Prissanantakul. Member of Parliament for Ang Thong from the Bhumjaithai Party, serving as spokesperson. Special Committee on the Draft Budget Act for Fiscal Year 2027. He announced at the parliament about establishing subcommittees within the 2027 Budget Committee: The meeting resolved to set up 7 plus 1 subcommittees to delve deeper into each ministry’s budget to improve efficiency and save time during the main committee’s deliberations. The seven subcommittees are as follows.
1. Subcommittee on training, seminars, public relations, contract labor, consultants, rent, travel expenses for overseas official business, operating budget, subsidies, and other expenditures.
2. Subcommittee on equipment, ICT, and revolving funds.
3. Subcommittee on land and buildings.
4. Subcommittee on local administration, including metropolitan municipalities, city municipalities, subdistrict municipalities, and subsidies allocated to local administrative organizations (subdistrict administrative organizations) under the Department of Local Administration.
5. Subcommittee on provinces, provincial clusters, provincial administrative organizations, Bangkok, Pattaya City, and state enterprises.
6. Subcommittee on education, science, research, and technology transfer.
7. Subcommittee on integrated plans, parliamentary agencies, judicial agencies, independent organizations, the prosecution office, and supervised funds.
After these seven subcommittees have worked for a period, an eighth subcommittee will be established as an oversight panel to review the overall picture before submitting to the main Budget Committee for final consideration.
Mr. Krawee added that the subcommittees’ work is framed within a 30-day period to allow the seven groups to thoroughly examine the details of each agency according to their assigned missions, following the main evaluation framework called TQD, which means.
T stands for Target. This means focusing budget reviews on meeting objectives aligned with government policies, effectively helping solve public problems, and achieving key government mission goals.
Q stands for Quality. This refers to considering appropriate quantities and quality in budget use consistent with current situations and tasks. Where possible, budget items like equipment quantities, computers, or participant numbers in projects should be reduced to save funds as much as possible.
D stands for Duration. This relates to extending the service life of assets such as vehicles or IT equipment, encouraging agencies to prolong usage periods for better value.
Regarding the subcommittees’ approach, it should follow the government’s key missions, policies, and national strategic plans. If any agency proposes a budget that overlaps with another, the project can be reduced or cut on a case-by-case basis, rather than applying broad percentage cuts or lump-sum reductions for agencies to reallocate themselves. This year’s budget reductions will be precise, focusing on eliminating non-essential projects regardless of their budget size if they do not meet national priorities.
Therefore, this approach to project budget cuts will allow the public to verify whether the Budget Committee’s adjustments are straightforward or politically motivated. It will increase the efficiency and transparency of budget reviews. Moreover, the main committee will require subcommittees to report more frequently—every 15 days—to closely monitor progress. This will help identify problems and obstacles in budget reductions and allow collaboration to improve subcommittee work.
When asked about the opposition’s plan to cut 12 billion baht from the central budget, citing overlaps with the 2026 Emergency Loan Decree granting the Finance Ministry authority to borrow 400 billion baht to address energy crisis impacts and support energy transition, Mr. Krawee said this should be examined carefully because. the Budget Committee’s consideration focuses primarily on necessity. Any overlapping projects should be reduced, and all parties agree to maximize efficiency and value in the 2027 budget. Therefore, central budget items that duplicate the loan funds or other projects will be cut to optimize effectiveness. .