The State Welfare Card Board is accelerating the review of 5.38 million vulnerable individuals who have never received benefits, emphasizing that parental tax deduction criteria will not be applied and that conditions for agricultural loan limits are under review.
On 6 July 2026, Mr. Winij Wisetsuwanphoom, Director of the Fiscal Policy Office and spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance, summarized the 8/2026 meeting of the State Welfare Committee for Grassroots Economic and Social Welfare. The meeting acknowledged preliminary results of the 2026 State Welfare registration and eligibility verification. It approved adding vulnerable groups without State Welfare cards, identified by the Ministry of Interior during field registration from 4 to 21 June 2026, totaling 5,383,393 people, into the subsequent eligibility verification process.
For the 2026 eligibility screening, the criteria will exclude disqualification based on parental tax deduction claims—specifically, the condition where income earners claim deductions for supporting their parents will not be used to screen applicants for State Welfare benefits. Additionally, the committee considered the Bank of Thailand's recommendations presented to the Cabinet on 2 June 2026 to review the 100,000 baht total loan limit eligibility criterion. Agricultural loans will be excluded from this limit because such loans differ from general credit, being linked to seasonal planting cycles and sometimes disaster relief. Therefore, they may not accurately reflect borrowers’ credit access or financial status compared to other loan types.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Finance is considering proposals to allow current State Welfare cardholders who will not qualify for the 2026 program to continue receiving benefits under the Thai Chua Thai Plus (60/40) program for two months—from 1 August to 30 September 2026—since these cardholders were ineligible to register during the Thai Chua Thai Plus 60/40 registration period.
Next, the results will be submitted to the Cabinet for approval before the official announcement of the 2026 State Welfare registration outcomes scheduled for 17 July 2026.