Finance Ministry denies corruption, claims single-window project halted over "minor oversight"

Ministry of Finance, on Monday, denied that foul play was involved in handing over the USD 6.7 million (MVR 100 million) National Single Window project of the Ministry of Economic Development, to an ineligible contractor.

Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the single window project, which aims to link the economic ministry with the services of other trade institutions across one network, was tendered by the Ministry of Finance and contracted to Webb Fontaine Asia Inc.