President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has decided to revise the disability allowance and introduce additional allowances.

The decision was made on Tuesday following cabinet's recommendation after deliberating on a paper submitted by the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services.

The administration said they will release further details of the new disability allowances to the media and the public soon.

Disability allowance is MVR 2,000 at present. This would be the first time the allowance framework will be revised since it was introduced 12 years ago.