The Finance Ministry has instructed state institutions to issue the Ramadan allowance to their employees before the 12th of this month.
It stated that all offices must complete issuing their allowances by the 12th of this month. It also noted that to meet the deadline, the offices must upload the allowances to the public accounting system before the 10th of this month.
Under the Employment Act, an amount of MVR 3000 should be given to each Muslim employee as the Ramadan allowance for the year.
Employees who quit their jobs before one-third of Ramadan is complete should return the allowance after deducting the days the employee had worked.
The Finance Ministry has exempted employees on 'Scholarship Pay Leave' and 'No Pay Leave' from the Ramadan allowance, and 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 18th of this month, with the exact date of the Holy Month determined after the moon sighting process.
