{"id":7489,"date":"2023-12-09T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7489"},"modified":"2023-12-09T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T05:31:23","slug":"new-govts-first-week-expense-at-mvr-520-mn-revenuet-at-mvr-615-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7489","title":{"rendered":"New govt&#8217;s first week expense at MVR 520 Mn, revenuet at MVR 615 Mn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current government has spent MVR 520 million in expenses in their first week in office, while generated an income of MVR 614.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Ministry of Finance reports the majority of the government&#8217;s expenditure were concentrated on paying salaries to employees. The government spent MVR 314 million on salaries, wages and pensions of government employees and the operating expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Majority of this portion was allocated to subsidies which amounted to MVR 186 million.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the government spent MVR 206 million on projects, with MVR 185 million of this allocation concentrated on road construction.<\/p>\n<p>In the review week, the government collected MVR 261 million in tax revenues, and another MVR 53 million in non-tax revenue. The state also received MVR 1.1 million in foreign grants.<\/p>\n<p>Maldives government has spent MVR 42 billion so far in 2023, out of the budgeted total of MVR 49.3 billion; with the inclusion of the MVR 6.5 billion supplement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current government has spent MVR 520 million in expenses in their first week in office, while generated an income of MVR 614.5 million. 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