{"id":1418,"date":"2021-07-07T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2021-07-07T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:02:16","slug":"maldives-business-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=1418","title":{"rendered":"State fiscal balance registers MVR1.2bn deficit in May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fiscal balance for the month of May 2021, weighing the state expenditure against state revenue, gives an overall deficit of MVR1,180.2 million (MVR1.2 billion).<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest Monthly Fiscal Developments from Ministry of Finance the state revenue inclusive of grants reached MVR996.5 million in May 2021, which is a 241.3% increment from the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the ministry reported the revenue bump came majorly due to the improved performance of Goods and Services Tax (GST).<\/p>\n<p>The revenue composition further revealed that TGST took up 36.6% of the total state revenue share making it the strongest revenue component while Import Duties covered 15.9% of the total revenue earned.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, total expenditure for the review month increased by just 2.4% when compared with the corresponding month in 2020. The total expenditure for May 2021 was observed at MVR2,176.7 million (MVR2.2 billion).<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, under the expenditure composition the capital expenditure declined by MVR79.4 million while recurrent expenditure increased by MVR130.0 million.<\/p>\n<p>The hike in state&#8217;s recurrent expenditure is attributed towards the increased salaries and wages of public sector or government sector employees. Salaries and wages took up a share of 38.8% of the total expenditure in the review month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 33.6% of the total expenditure was taken up by Administrative and Operational Expenses with state lending taking up 7.4% of the total expenditure share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fiscal balance for the month of May 2021, weighing the state expenditure against state revenue, gives an overall deficit of MVR1,180.2 million (MVR1.2 billion). 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