The governors of 76 provinces joined the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command Center meeting by video on Oct. 5. Anutin ordered eligibility to be verified and relief paid daily without waiting for the whole area to be complete (Thansettakij, Infoquest, Money and Banking). The DDPM has already transferred a 4.7 billion baht allocation to the Government Savings Bank, and the money will begin reaching accounts this week. The prime minister ordered steps cut under the approach “send it fast, transfer it fast” and told governors to look after vulnerable groups, shelters and warnings, and to report their needs for pumps and boats to the DDPM (Siam Rath, Post Today). The aid covers disasters from May 15 to Sept. 30, and registration through the Thang Rat app has been open since Oct. 2 (Thai PBS).
How fast the money is paid affects households that must repair their homes and restart their livelihoods, and it is a test of the state’s eligibility-checking system now that the flooding has spread across many provinces.
If your home was damaged by floods, register and check your status through the Thang Rat app or your local office, keep photos of the damage and documents, and beware of messages claiming a transfer that ask you to tap strange links.
Paying daily without waiting for the whole area to be complete gets money to those in need faster.
Paying fast raises the risk that eligibility data has not been carefully checked, so there must be after-the-fact checks and a clear appeals channel.
The figure to watch is not 4.7 billion baht but the number of households whose accounts actually receive money each day. If the first batch goes out this week and totals are reported regularly, the daily order is working. Today, wait for the first-batch announcement from the DDPM and the Government Savings Bank.
Thansettakij · Infoquest · Money and Banking · Siam Rath · Post Today · Thai PBS (Oct. 5, 2026)
PM orders flood relief paid daily; DDPM has moved 4.7 billion baht to the Government Savings Bank, with money due in victims’ accounts this week
Anutin Charnvirakul met the governors of 76 provinces by video on Oct. 5 and ordered them to verify eligibility and pay at once, day by day, without waiting for the whole area to be finished. He also told them to speed up pumping and look after vulnerable groups.
Thansettakij, Infoquest and Money and Banking report in agreement that Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul chaired a meeting of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command Center on Oct. 5, with the governors of 76 provinces joining by video conference. He ordered provinces to verify eligibility and then pay flood relief day by day, without waiting for data from the whole area. Earlier, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) had transferred a 4.7 billion baht allocation to the Government Savings Bank, and the money will begin reaching victims’ accounts within this week.
The prime minister stressed the approach of “send it fast, transfer it fast” and told officials to cut steps so that money reaches people as quickly as possible (Infoquest). Official reports say the aid covers disasters that occurred between May 15 and Sept. 30, 2026, and that registration through the “Thang Rat” app has been open since Oct. 2 (Thai PBS). No figure has been reported for the number of people whose eligibility has been verified.
At the meeting, the prime minister told governors to look after vulnerable groups, make sure food at shelters is of good quality, and give clear flood warnings (Siam Rath). He also ordered faster drainage and asked them to report their needs for pumps and boats to the DDPM (Post Today). Meanwhile, the South must prepare for heavy rain through Oct. 14.
What is still unknown is the first day money actually reaches accounts and the number of households paid each day, because the 4.7 billion baht is an allocation the DDPM has transferred to the bank, not an amount already paid out to people. Today, watch for the first-batch announcement from the DDPM and the Government Savings Bank.