Narinjara News, 4 March 2022

All government employees in Maungdaw district in Rakhine State are permitted to receive twice the originalsalaries  for another three monthsas a special incentive, said a source in the planning and finance ministry of the presentmilitary government.

The employees in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in western Myanmar have been qualified for twice theoriginal salaries for January, Februaryand March 2022.

The daily wage earners in Maungdaw district are allowed to continue receiving Kyats 6,500  per day.

A clerk in the administrative department of  Maungdaw township told Narinjara News that it would be better to receive  double salaries dueto soaring prices of essential commodities.

The district is located in a remote corner of Myanmar. Hence everything there is very expensive.

“The increased amount will be useful for acquiring daily food supplements. The area is otherwisedangerous for the government employeesto live there,” said the clerk.

Due to the continued clashes in Maungdaw district from October 2016 to the last year, the salary was doubledtill December 2021. Later, it wasextended for another three months.

Similarly the government employees in Paletwa township under Chin State, are also allowed for doublesalaries for  January,  Februaryand March 2022.