A record MVR 6.7 million was paid as Fitr Zakat from Male' City this Ramadan exceeding the past three years.

Ministry of Islamic Affairs said that MVR 6,27,000 was paid as Zakat by 164,392 people.

There are 1,498 people on the register of those in poverty in the Maldives. The Ministry said that the Zakat has been delivered to all except four of them.

While a record high amount of finds have been paid as Zakat this year, MVR 6.6 million was paid last year and MVR 5.6 million the year before.