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National Budget 2025: Proposal Misleading, Reduces Expenditure on Essential Services, Increases Waste, Says MDP
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party said the proposed National Budget 2025 cuts spending on essential services such as subsidies, Aasandha, basic pensions and council grants while adding MVR 3.8 billion in wasteful spending. Finance Minister Moosa Zameer said the MVR 9.4 billion deficit is the lowest in recent history, a claim the MDP dismissed as 'mathematical fraud'.
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For example, subsidies, Aasandha [health management scheme], basic pension for the elderly, and council grants have been cut by MVR 3 billion from the proposed budget… However, in addition, an additional MVR 3.8 billion has been budgeted f…
Loans and capital to state-owned companies had, in the past, been included as expenditure. They have not included loans and capital injections to state-owned companies as an expenditure in their 2025 budget. They have marked it as an off-b…
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MVR 3 billioncuts to subsidies, Aasandha, basic pension and council grantsMaldives Republicsubsidies, Aasandha [health management scheme], basic pension for the elderly, and council grants have been cut by MVR 3 billion from the proposed budget
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MVR 3.8 billionadditional spending labelled as government wasteMaldives Republican additional MVR 3.8 billion has been budgeted for government waste; most noticeably, expenditure on transport, ministries, and other agencies is increasing [next year]
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MVR 56.6 billiontotal proposed budgetMaldives Republicthe MVR 56.6 billion for 2025 reflects the lowest deficit, in terms of GDP, since 2019.
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MVR 9.4 billionprojected budget deficitMaldives RepublicMinister of Finance Moosa Zameer said the budget deficit for next year would be MVR 9.4 billion
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MVR 39.8 billion in grants and revenue expected at MVR 51 billionexpected grants and revenueMaldives Republicthe state expected to receive MVR 39.8 billion in grants and revenue expected at MVR 51 billion
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