According to the latest update by Ministry of Finance to their Weekly Covid-19 Spending Report, the government’s spending towards Covid-19 efforts remain largely unchanged from previous week.
Moreover, the total health and social spending as of 23 September stood at MVR2,109.4 million (MVR2.1 billion) which is just a 0.09% increment from the previous week. During the review week, 33.7% of the total health and social spending were committed-spending.
Meanwhile the total disbursements made towards Economic Response Plan (ERP) schemes stood at MVR1,773.4 million (MVR1.8 billion) by the review week, which remains unchanged from the week before.
While the National Social Protection Agency (NSPA) recorded the highest spending compared to its peers in terms of week-on-week spending, the highest spending is observed from Ministry of Health on an overall capacity which reached a total of MVR806.0 million so far.