The government is considering widening eligibility for a voluntary early retirement scheme for civil servants, with younger officials potentially included as part of efforts to reduce personnel costs and modernise the bureaucracy.
Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt said the proposal is being studied by the Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) and forms part of the government's policy to address rising recurrent expenditure, which has reduced the amount of funding available for investment and public assistance programmes.
