Finance Ministry instructs to deposit salaries of civil servants before 22nd

In this photo, the building that houses the Finance Ministry of the Maldives and Maldives Inland Revenue Authority is seen. The income for the state from shares owned in companies increased above expectations, according to the Finance Ministry on November 14, 2019. (Sun Photo/Fayaz Moosa)

Finance Ministry, on Tuesday, has instructed all government offices to deposit the salaries of employees before 22^nd of this month.

In a circular issued on Tuesday, the Ministry, referring to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s decision to declare June 25^th to June 29^th as government holidays, said the last date the Ministry will process June’s salaries is June 22^nd.

Further instructions by the Finance Ministry;

Government offices using state’s accounting software ‘Accounts Payable Module’ to post the salary on the system before 2:00pm on June 19^th
Government offices using state’s accounting software ‘HR Module’ to post the salary on the system before June 18^th

Salaries of government employees are usually deposited between 28^th and 30^th of this month. With the decision to declare June 25^th to July 1^st as government holidays, the government offices will reopen on July 2^nd.