{"id":174853,"date":"2025-09-28T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174853\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T09:47:29","slug":"ekniti-outlines-quick-big-win-measures-to-boost-economy-within-4-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174853\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekniti outlines \u2018quick big win\u2019 measures to boost economy within 4 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759052849_700_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Ekniti outlines \u2018quick big win\u2019 measures to boost economy within 4 months\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 720px;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>Fast-track investment approvals<\/p>\n<p>Ekniti has outlined a series of measures to streamline investment processes, with a focus on unlocking regulatory hurdles. He emphasised the implementation of a PPP Fast Track system under the Board of Investment (BOI) to expedite approvals for key utilities such as water and electricity, ensuring quicker support for real investment projects.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted measures that require no additional budget but can enhance the country&#8217;s competitiveness, such as discussions with the Energy Minister to unlock access to clean energy, which is expected to attract more foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Fitch Ratings downgrading Thailand&#8217;s outlook, Ekniti acknowledged the government&#8217;s awareness of the warning, stressing the importance of fiscal discipline as a key priority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the government remains focused on improving fiscal governance, with transparent policies and clear budgeting processes to restore confidence.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759052849_618_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Ekniti outlines \u2018quick big win\u2019 measures to boost economy within 4 months\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 720px;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>The government aims to reduce the budget deficit back to 3% in the long term, with a significant update to the medium-term fiscal framework scheduled for November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ekniti reiterated the commitment to efficiency in public spending, emphasising the importance of using existing budget allocations effectively without increasing expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fast-track investment approvals Ekniti has outlined a series of measures to streamline investment processes, with a focus on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,86624,164,113557,3786,42297,61967],"class_list":["post-174853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economic-stimulus","tag-economy","tag-ekniti-nitithanprapas","tag-government","tag-measures","tag-quick-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}