The Finance Ministry has instructed state institutes to issue the Ramadan allowance to their employees on the 19th of this month.
In a circular, the Ministry said under the Employment Act, an amount of MVR 3000 should be given to each Muslim employee as the Ramadan allowance for the year.
Finance Ministry also said for those employees currently carrying out more than one state-appointed duty should receive the allowance from his/her original employer.
The Ministry also said that employees who quit their jobs before one-third of Ramadan are complete should return the allowance after deducting the days the employee had worked.
It also said that employees on 'Scholarship Pay Leave' and 'No Pay Leave' must be exempted from the Ramadan allowance and that if such an employee joins the office after the leave during the month of Ramadan, he/she shows to be given the allowance from that day on till the end of the holy month.
This year, the first of Ramadan is expected to fall on the 23rd of this month with the exact date of the Holy Month determined after the moon sighting process.
