Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has stated that vehicle fees and fines are now required to be paid via its online portal Savaaree Pay.
Individuals can use the Savaaree Pay portal by visiting pay.transport.gov.mv to pay their annual vehicle and vessel fees and fines for parking and traffic violations.
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) stopped collecting the annual vehicle and vessel fees and fines issued for parking and traffic violations on January 1. The Ministry of Finance has established regulations that allow the local councils to accept the annual fees from the vehicles and vessels registered in their jurisdiction.
As part of the change, the annual fees will be collected by the respective councils through a system prepared by the transport ministry. The change is expected to increase the revenue of local councils as part of the government’s policy to empower local councils under the Decentralisation Act.