MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince Prime Minister, has issued an edict replacing an article of an earlier edict regarding financial controls of ministries and government agencies.
It stipulates the following:
Article 1: The text of Article 20 of Edict (25) for 2012 shall be replaced with the controls on financial behaviour of ministries and government agencies, the following text:
“It is prohibited for all ministries and government agencies to accept grants, donations, or cash or in-kind gifts – from inside or outside the kingdom, and for any purpose – whose value is less than BD20,000, unless approved by the minister or head of the concerned government agency” .