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Parliament to debate on the budget tomorrow

Parliament to debate on the budget tomorrow


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The parliament of the Maldives will debate on the proposed budget for the year 2020 tomorrow. 

The government proposed a 37.5 billion Rufiyaa budget for next year. In tomorrow’s session each member will get 15 minutes to talk about the budget. After the committee stage, each member will get another 7 minutes. 

In addition Finance Minister Ahmed Ameer will get 45 minutes to talk about the budget. In the last parliament session, speaker of the parliament Mohammed Nasheed said that parlaiment sessions will be held in the evening as well to debate about the budget.

According to the finance ministry the budget was based on the strategic action plan of the government. The budget has a defecit of 5.6 billion Rufiyaa. The government expects to earn 29.9 billion Rufiyaa as revenue.