President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has stated that the current Administration will increase the disability allowance.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the third edition of Viavathi Raajje conference at L. Gan, President Solih said he has received multiple requests to increase the disability allowance.

"We are working on compiling a database. God willing, we will increase the disability allowance once the database is complete", President Solih said.

The Administration has previously carried out discussions to revise the disability allowance with National Social Protection Agency (NSPA).

Prior to this, a group of youth had worked on submitting a petition to the President to increase disability allowance to MVR 5,000. The current disability allowance is MVR 2,000.