Cost Cutting

Government enforces employment freeze as cost-cutting measure

The government has ceased filling vacancies in the civil service in a bid to reduce recurrent expenditure. The cost cutting measures suggest the government was unable to raise the forecast revenue of MVR21.5 billion (US$1.3 billion) for 2015.

Finance Ministry instructs offices to implement cost-cutting measures

IMF pursues government and parliament cost cutting with Maldives mission