Parliament, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces approves Budget Committee 67. Permanent Secretary of Defense explains that the overall budget increase of 1.96% is personnel budget. Promotion-reward The location is different from other ministries. Confirm that the budget is set as necessary. To carry out important, modern and stable missions Today's meeting of the Special Committee to consider the draft Budget Act for fiscal year 2024 has begun to consider the Ministry of Defence's budget. The commanders of the armed forces attended to explain in unison. Both General Songwit Nunpakdee, Supreme Commander General Charoenchai Hinthao, Air Chief Marshal Phanpakdee Pattanakul, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, and Admiral Adung Phan-iam, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The first phase is an overall consideration of the budget that the Ministry of Defense has established of more than 198,000 million baht, which has been allocated an increase of more than 3,800 million baht or an increase of 1.96 percent by General Sanitchanok Sangkhachan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence. Clarified that when comparing the proportion of the Ministry of Defense's budget to the entire national budget in 2024, the amount of 3.48 trillion baht is The proportion decreased by 5.7 percent, including statistics over the past 4 years where the proportion has continuously decreased. And the Ministry of Defense receives a budget relative to the country's GDP, ranking 5th in Southeast Asia after Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, and Cambodia. For the increased personnel budget in the Ministry of Defence. Different from other ministries Because it includes budgets for promotions, bonuses and civil service qualifications. which the ministry launched Put it in the personnel budget Therefore it is different from civil servants. to set a budget for salary promotions for annual gratuities in the central budget In addition, the bachelor's degree allowance has been adjusted from 15,000 baht to 18,000 baht. General Sanitchanok confirmed th e Ministry of Defense Proposing to create a budget only as necessary, and in 2024 there is an important action plan. and according to the Prime Minister's wish to modernize the armed forces It is the main security mechanism of the state and can be relied upon by the people at every opportunity. Its mission is to improve the selection of regular military personnel to be voluntary. Including improving the structure of the army and improving the organization structure to be appropriate. and is ready to support the development of military potential Under the mission of protecting and honoring the monarchy Army development. Source: Thai News Agency