Parliament approves 80 percent Hajj coverage via pension

Parliament approved amendments to Maldives Pension Act on Wednesday allowing pension fund to cover 80 percent of costs for Hajj pilgrimage.

Prior to the amendments, the Pension Act dictates that the amount utilised from the pension fund for Hajj should not exceed 50 percent of the official amount designated by the state for pilgrimage for the year. This amount was also allowed with the amendments to the act brought at the beginning of the incumbent administration's governance.