The number of applicants for the state welfare card has dropped from 18.8 million to only 9.51 million who meet the criteria, resulting in 9.3 million people being disqualified. This could significantly impact the government's support base, especially among those who previously received benefits but have now been excluded. The government insists on proceeding with the set conditions and has opened an appeals process for those who did not qualify. The final number of beneficiaries will depend on meeting the criteria and budget sufficiency. Meanwhile, the figure of 9.51 million who passed the criteria is still higher than the World Bank's 2024 estimate of Thailand's poor, which stood at only 5.4 million people, or 8.2 percent of the total population. This reflects a significant discrepancy and may pose a major challenge that the government must urgently address to improve people's quality of life in the long term.