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518b baht lost under Yingluck's rice subsidy scheme: finance ministry
Published Fri, Nov 14, 2014 · 09:50 PM
Bangkok
A RICE subsidy scheme introduced by Thailand's ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was found to have lost 518 billion baht (S$20.5 billion), the finance ministry said.
The scheme, which paid farmers above-market rates for their crop, helped bring Yin…
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