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2017 supplementary budget

Majlis approves supplementary budget

Majlis approves supplementary budget

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Parliament passed Thursday an MVR493 million (US$32 million) supplementary budget to approve unforeseen spending and new revenue-raising measures for the last two months of 2017. More than 60 percent of the proposed extra spending was allocated for the Aasandha health insurance scheme due to the failure to streamline expenses as planned. The supplementary budget was […]