Arya News - The Pheu Thai-led government initially planned to distribute 10,000 baht to 50 million Thai citizens aged 16 and older via a digital wallet, fulfilling a pre-election promise. However, due to budget constraints, the number of recipients was later reduced to 45 million.

Arya News - Among the items that were widely criticized was the public works budget that was bloated by almost P289 billion, and for deleting the P96-billion proposed subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

Arya News - Japan’s core budget for the 2025 fiscal year that starts on April 1 is projected to reach a record 115 trillion Japanese yen ($732 billion), while the defense budget may surpass 8 trillion yen for the first time, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.