Police, MNDF To Receive Pay Rise in March Despite Strict Austerity Measures

President Mohamed Muizzu announced that salaries for the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and Maldives Police Service will increase starting March, despite the Ministry of Finance introducing strict austerity measures to cap state expenditure above MVR 35,000. The pay rise, originally promised to double salaries, will occur incrementally: 35% in the first year, 25% in the second, and 40% in the third. This is expected to increase annual state expenditure by MVR 600 million, with MVR 400 million needed for the remaining 10 months. In 2023, MNDF remuneration cost MVR 1 billion (MVR 370.2 million salaries, MVR 605.8 million allowances), while police cost MVR 1.2 billion (MVR 510.9 million salaries, MVR 731.7 million allowances). The announcement came during Muizzu's first public forum at Sultan Park.

President Mohamed Muizzu announced that salaries for the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and Maldives Police Service will increase starting March, despite the Ministry of Finance introducing strict austerity measures to cap state expenditure above MVR 35,000. The pay rise, originally promised to double salaries, will occur incrementally: 35% in the first year, 25% in the second, and 40% in the third. This is expected to increase annual state expenditure by MVR 600 million, with MVR 400 million needed for the remaining 10 months. In 2023, MNDF remuneration cost MVR 1 billion (MVR 370.2 million salaries, MVR 605.8 million allowances), while police cost MVR 1.2 billion (MVR 510.9 million salaries, MVR 731.7 million allowances). The announcement came during Muizzu's first public forum at Sultan Park.

President Mohamed Muizzu announced that salaries for the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and Maldives Police Service will increase starting March, despite the Ministry of Finance introducing strict austerity measures to cap state expenditure above MVR 35,000. The pay rise, originally promised to double salaries, will occur incrementally: 35% in the first year, 25% in the second, and 40% in the third. This is expected to increase annual state expenditure by MVR 600 million, with MVR 400 million needed for the remaining 10 months. In 2023, MNDF remuneration cost MVR 1 billion (MVR 370.2 million salaries, MVR 605.8 million allowances), while police cost MVR 1.2 billion (MVR 510.9 million salaries, MVR 731.7 million allowances). The announcement came during Muizzu's first public forum at Sultan Park.

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