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SOCIAL SECURITY STATISTICS 1997/98 –2002/2003 1.

Introduction This is the eighth issue of the ‘Economic and Social Indicators’ on Social Security Statistics.

The data refer to the main social security benefits provided by the Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity, Senior Citizen Welfare and Reform Institutions for the period July 1997 to June 2003.

Data on the number of beneficiaries refer to the last month of each financial year whereas the amount paid is given on a financial year basis.

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Social Security benefits Social Security benefits can be classified as - non-contributory benefits and contributory benefits.

Non-contributory benefits are entirely financed by government and are payable to every Mauritian citizen under certain conditions.

These benefits include − basic pensions which cater for the elderly, the invalids, the widows and the orphans irrespective of their economic status.
− allowances such as Social Aid, Food Aid, Unemployment Hardship Relief and Funeral Grant which are payable to the low-income group of the population.

− Inmates allowance and indoor relief payable to, or on behalf of, those Mauritians residing in government-subsidized institutions (such as old-people homes, infirmaries and orphanages) provided they would have otherwise benefited from a basic pension or from Social Aid.
Contributory benefits, on the other hand, are payable only to, or on behalf of, those persons who have contributed to the National Pensions Fund (NPF).

The contributory pensions include old-age, invalidity, widows and orphans pensions in addition to industrial injury allowances.

The pension rates for non-contributory benefits are given at Annex I.

In the case of contributory benefits, the allowances payable vary according to the amount contributed to the NPF by the insured worker.
For those persons whose contributions were marginal, government guarantees a minimum contributory pension.

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Population age-structure As shown in Tables 1 & 2, the mid-year population of the Republic of Mauritius increased from 1,159,729 in 1998 to 1,222,811 in 2003.

The child population aged below 15 years declined in terms of proportion (from 26.2% to 23.2% of the total) but increased slightly from 303,837 to 307,958.
The elderly population aged 60 years and above grew both in absolute and relative terms from 101,274 (8.7% of the total) in 1998 to 112,444 (9.2% of the total) in 2003.

It should be pointed out that these estimates, computed by the Central Statistics Office on the basis of the 1990 and 2000 Censuses, differ from the number of persons reported by the Ministry of Social Security as drawing the old-age pension (108,784 in June 1998 and 116,324 in June 2003).
This discrepancy may be due to various reasons, such as misreporting of age at the Population Census and delays in updating the list of old-age pensioners on account of deaths or absences from the country for more than 6 months.

Table 3 shows the number of widows by age as reported at the 2000 Census.

The number of widows enumerated was 58,309, representing 13% of all women aged 15 years and over.

Those who were eligible for Basic Widow’s Pension, that is aged 15 to 59 years, numbered 21,719.

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Expenditure on Social Security and Welfare Government expenditure on Social Security and Welfare consists of expenditure and transfers made by government for the social welfare of the community, in line with the recommendations of the Government Finance Statistics Manual 1986 of the International Monetary Fund.
It covers all expenses made by the Ministry of Social Security and the Ministry of Women’s Rights together with components of social welfare of all government organizations as well as Local Government.

As shown in Table 4, expenditure on Social Security and Welfare for the financial year 2002/2003 was Rs 7,795 million compared to Rs 4,485 million in 1997/98.
In terms of proportion, Social Security and Welfare expenditure accounted for 20.3% of total government expenditure in 2002/2003 against 20.5% in 1997/98.

The pie chart below (Figure 1) shows the share of each component of government expenditure on Social Security and Welfare.

It is observed that the main components are the Basic Retirement Pension (BRP or old age pension) with a share of 37% followed by public service pensions (27%).
Figure 1 - Components of Government expenditure on Social Security and Welfare, 2002/03 Public service pensions 27% BRP 37% Other 12% Contributory Pensions 5% S. Aid 3% BIP 9% BOP 0.2% BWP 7% - 3 - 5.

NON-CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS 5.1 Basic pensions (a) Basic Retirement Pensions (BRP) Basic Retirement Pension, also known as old-age pension, is payable to every Mauritian citizen aged 60 years and above subject to certain residency conditions.
The number of beneficiaries of BRP increased by 6.9% from 108,784 (106,004 in Mauritius and 2,780 in Rodrigues) in June 1998 to 116,324 (112,966 in Mauritius and 3,358 in Rodrigues) in June 2003.
The Enhanced Basic Retirement pension is an additional allowance payable to old-age pensioners who are either totally blind, or suffer from total paralysis, or need the constant care of another person (i) (ii) (iii) As shown in Table 5.1(a), the number of persons eligible for the Enhanced Basic Retirement pension in June 2003 was 15,599 of whom 15,158 in the Island of Mauritius (Table 5.2(a)) and 441 in Rodrigues (Table 5.3(a)).
The total amount disbursed to all old-age pensioners in the Republic was Rs 2,840.9 million in 2002/2003 compared to Rs 1,764.7 million in 1997/98 (Table 5.1(b)).

(b) Basic Widow's Pension (BWP) Basic Widow's Pension is payable to widows aged 15 to 59 years who were either civilly or religiously married to their late husband.
In June 2003, the number of beneficiaries of such pension was 22,861 (22,504 in Mauritius and 357 in Rodrigues) compared to 20,795 (20,459 in Mauritius and 336 in Rodrigues) in June 1998, i.e.

an increase of 9.9%.

The amount disbursed on Basic Widow' s Pension was Rs 577 million in 2002/2003 compared to Rs 367 million in 1997/98.
(c) Basic Invalid's Pension (BIP) The Basic Invalid’s Pension is payable to any person aged 15 to 59 years if certified by a Medical Board that the person is either permanently or substantially incapacitated to work to a degree of 60% or more for at least 12 months.

The number of beneficiaries of BIP increased to 23,627 (23,089 in Mauritius and 538 in Rodrigues) in June 2003 from 17,506 in June 1998 (17,031 in Mauritius and 475 in Rodrigues).
BIP recipients, who need the constant care and attention of another person, benefit from an additional allowance known as the Carer’s Allowance.

In June 2003, this category of pensioners stood at 6,533 compared to 4,212 in June 1998.

The total amount of Basic Invalid's Pension (inclusive of Carer’s Allowance and Child’s Allowance) increased to Rs 702 million in 2002/2003 from Rs 351 million in 1997/98.
(d) Basic Orphan’s Pension (BOP) - 4 - Basic Orphan’s Pension is payable to all orphans up to the age of 15, and up to 20 years if they are in full-time education.

A Guardian’s Allowance is payable to the person looking after one or more orphans.

However, only one allowance is payable per guardian irrespective of the number of orphans under his/her care.

The number of beneficiaries of BOP in the Republic decreased from 738 in June 1998 to 553 in June 2003.
A similar trend is noted in the islands of Mauritius (from 578 to 440) and Rodrigues (from 160 to 113).

Consequently, the total number of guardians in the Republic declined from 605 to 456 in the five-year period.

The number of orphans per guardian however remained at around 1.2.

In spite of the decreasing number of beneficiaries, expenditure on Basic Orphan’s Pension and Guardian’s Allowance rose to Rs 12.2 million in 2002/2003 from Rs 7.8 million in 1997/98.
This is due to increases in the rates payable.

(e) Child’s Allowance Child’s allowance is payable to children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension, Basic Widow’s Pension and Basic Invalid's Pension in respect of a child below 15 years, or below 20 years if in full-time education.

Child’s allowance is payable for up to three dependent children.
The total number of children benefiting from Child’s allowance reached 17,504 (17,028 for island of Mauritius and 476 for Rodrigues) in June 2003 compared to 15,264 (14,798 for island of Mauritius and 466 for Rodrigues) in June 1998.

The amount spent by government on Child’s allowance is not available separately; it is included in the overall amount paid to beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension, Basic Widow’s Pension and Basic Invalid’s Pension as shown in Tables 5.1(b), 5.2(b) and 5.3(b).
5.2 OTHER NON-CONTRIBUTORY SOCIAL BENEFITS (a) Social Aid Social Aid is an income-tested scheme.

It is payable to the head of a family who is incapable of earning his living adequately and who has insufficient means to support himself and his dependents.

Social Aid is payable to the poorer section of the population, including the dependents of prisoners and abandoned spouses, especially those with dependent children.
The allowance payable is calculated as the difference between the total income and the expected overall expenditure of the family.

The total number of families benefiting from such assistance increased by 40% from 11,048 in June 1998 to 15,521 in June 2003.

In the Island of Mauritius, the corresponding increase was 38% (from 10,145 to 13,994) and in Rodrigues, 69% (from 903 to 1,527).

Details on the - 5 - geographical distribution of the families receiving Social Aid are given in Table 7.
The total amount paid to beneficiaries of Social Aid in 2002/2003 was Rs 220 million, nearly twice the amount in 1997/98 (Rs 123 million).

(b) Food Aid The Food Aid Scheme was introduced in March 1993 when government subsidy on rice and flour was temporarily discontinued.

Under the Food Aid Scheme, a monthly stipend of Rs 30 for the purchase of rice and flour is given to every needy Mauritian, i.e.

(1) All recipients of Social Aid and their dependents.
(2) All beneficiaries of Unemployment Hardship Relief.

(3) All needy beneficiaries of a basic pension under the National Pensions Act, i.e.

beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension, Basic Widow’s Pension, Basic Invalid’s Pension and Basic Orphan’s Pensions, who would have qualified to receive social aid if the basic pensions were not payable.

The number of persons who were granted Food Aid was around 48,200 in June 2003.

The total amount paid out in 2002/2003 was Rs 19 million.
It is to be noted that though subsidy on rice and flour was reintroduced as from financial year 1995/96, payment of Food Aid has still continued.

(c) Indoor Relief Indoor relief is the grant paid to an institution in respect of every person residing in the institution if that person would have otherwise benefited from a basic pension or from Social Aid.

The number of persons for whom Indoor Relief was granted, stood at 857 in June 2003 compared to 784 in June 1998.
The amount disbursed under that scheme increased from Rs16 million in 1997/98 to Rs 28 million in 2002/2003.

(d) Inmate's Allowance Inmate's Allowance refers to the pocket money given to certain residents of government- subsidized institutions and of the government psychiatric hospital, Brown Sequard Hospital.

The number of persons, who received such pocket money, was 950 in June 2003 compared to 923 in June 1998.
However, due to increases in the rates payable, inmate's allowance nearly doubled from 1997/98 (Rs 2.5 million) to 2002/2003 (Rs 4.8 million).

(e) Unemployment Hardship Relief The Unemployment Hardship Relief (UHR) is payable to unemployed heads of families whose family income is not sufficient to meet the needs of the members.

The head should be registered as unemployed at the Employment Exchange, be willing and able to take up employment and be actively looking for work.
A disabled person, who can work but has not - 6 - been able to find a job, receives a UHR in addition to his Basic Invalid's Pension.

The number of beneficiaries of UHR decreased from 237 in June 1998 to 323 in June 2003.

The amount paid to UHR beneficiaries was Rs 2 million in 2002/2003 compared to Rs 1 million in 1997/98.

(f) Funeral Grant A funeral grant is meant to cover funeral expenses of persons from low-income families.
The number of payments for funeral expenses rose from 1,006 in 1997/98 to 1,960 in 2002/2003.

The amount disbursed increased from Rs 1.7 million in 1997/98 to Rs 5.0 million in 2002/2003.

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Contribution to the NPF and contributory benefits (a) The National Pension Scheme The National Pension Scheme was introduced in April 1976.

It provides for the payment of contributory pensions to those employees of the private sector who have contributed to the National Pensions Fund (NPF).
All employees working for employers with more than 10 employees had to join the Scheme as from July 1978.

Other employees joined the Scheme as from January 1980 except for household workers for whom the operative date was July 1980.

The self-employed were also eligible to join the Scheme as from July 1980 on a voluntary basis.
Contributions to the Scheme are payable at the rate of 10.5% by millers and large employers of the Sugar Industry (those having at least 100 arpents of sugar cane cultivation); most employers pay contribution at the rate of 6%.

For all employees, the contribution rate is 3%.

Contributions are not payable on bonus, overtime pay and allowances.
The minimum monthly remuneration on which contributions are payable was Rs 585 for household employees and Rs 975 for other employees during the financial year 2002/2003.

The maximum monthly remuneration for both categories was Rs 6,435 during that period.

(b) The National Pensions Fund The number of employers contributing to the NPF in respect of their employees was estimated at around 15,100 in 2002/2003 compared to 15,200 in 1997/98.
The contributions received, exclusive of surcharge, rose from Rs 840 million in 1997/98 to Rs 1,140 million (Table 8).

At the end of June 2003, total net assets of the NPF were Rs 28 billion compared to Rs 14 billion in June 1998.

This is the result of increased income (from higher contributions and return on investment) compared to expenditure (payment of contributory pensions).
(c) Contributory Pensions (i) Contributory Retirement Pension (CRP) - 7 - The Contributory Retirement Pension is payable to a person on reaching the age of 60 if he has contributed to the NPF.

In the Republic of Mauritius, the number of beneficiaries of this type of pension has been increasing during the past years - from 28,295 in June 1998 to 34,775 in June 2003.

The total amount paid out to such beneficiaries also went up from Rs 153 million in 1997/98 to Rs 310 million in 2002/2003.
(ii) Contributory Widow’s Pension (CWP) The Contributory Widow’s Pension is payable to a widow whose late husband had contributed to the National Pensions Fund.

The number of widows who benefited from such a pension stood at 12,403 in June 2003 compared to 8,231 in June 1998.

The amount disbursed was Rs 67 million in 2002/2003 against Rs 29 million in 1997/98.
(iii) Contributory Invalid’s Pension (CIP) A person is entitled to a Contributory Invalid’s Pension if he/she has previously contributed to the NPF and suffers from a permanent incapacity of at least 60%.

The number of persons drawing such a pension was 2,603 in June 1998 and increased to 4,766 in June 2003.

The amount paid to these pensioners doubled from Rs 9 million in 1997/98 to Rs 18 million in 2001/2002.
(iv) Contributory Orphan’s pension (COP) The Contributory Orphan’s pension is payable to orphans under the age of 15 (or 18 if the child is at school) if any of the deceased parents had contributed to the NPF.

In the five-year period June 1998 to June 2003, the number of orphans benefiting from this pension declined from 91 to 81.

The amount disbursed to such beneficiaries was Rs 0.1 million in 1997/98, the same as in 2002/2003.
(v) Industrial Injury Allowance The industrial injury allowance is payable in respect of a work accident (whether fatal or not) affecting any employee insured under the National Pension Scheme.

The number of such cases decreased from 981 in June 1998 to 914 in June 2003.

The amount disbursed which was Rs 23 million in 1997/98, increased to Rs 26 million in 2002/2003.

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The National Solidarity Fund The National Solidarity Fund started operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Security and National Solidarity on 1 June 1991.

Initially its objectives were to provide financial assistance to citizens requiring surgical operations that can only be performed abroad and to those undergoing severe personal hardship.
Since November 1999, with the - 8 - creation of the “Trust Fund for Overseas Treatment” operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Health, all surgical operations cases have been transferred there.

The National Solidarity Fund has then enlarged the scope of its activities under the “Severe Personal Hardship Scheme” to cover also tragic accidents, needy students, medical cases etc.

The sources of revenue of the Fund are manifold.


These include: − Contribution from the General Public − Contribution from Ministries and Departments − Interests on investment − Unclaimed prizes and unclaimed winning tickets e.g.

from Automatics Systems Ltd., from Mauritius Turf Club and from commercial promotions.

During the year 2002/2003, 121 cases were assisted by the National Solidarity Fund and the amount disbursed to them was around Rs 4,630,000 which was nearly twice that of 2001/2002.
More details are given in tables 10(a) and 10(b).

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Projected number of pensioners and related future costs of basic pensions In 2003, there were 112,444 persons aged 60 and over, and 802,409 in the working age group (15-59) years.

The pensioner support ratio, defined as the number of persons of working age (15-59) years per old age pensioner (aged 60 years and over), worked out to about 7.1 (Table 11).
This ratio is expected to fall to about 2.3 in forty years essentially due to a very high increase in the population aged 60 years and over, which will then constitute around 24.5% of total population compared to 9.2% in 2003.

The projected number of beneficiaries of basic pensions by pension type is shown in Table 12(a).

The assumptions underlying these projections are given at Annex II.
It is expected that the number of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension which was around 116,300 in 2003 will increase to about 364,100 in forty years while the number of persons suffering from a severe disability will rise to 53,300.

The number of beneficiaries of Basic Widow's Pension, which was 22,900 in June 2003, is expected to grow to about 31,500 in the next four decades.
During that period the number of beneficiaries of Basic Invalid’s Pension, which was 23,600 in 2003 will increase to around 28,300.

The amount to be disbursed by government in future years is given in Table 12(b).

These estimates are expressed in terms of the 2002/2003 pension rates.

As shown in the table, Basic Retirement (old age) pensions is expected to increase dramatically from Rs 2.8 billion in 2002/2003 to around Rs 9.4 billion in some forty years due to the ageing of the population.
The chart below (Figure 2) shows the evolution in the number of beneficiaries and future cost of the Basic Retirement Pension.

- 9 - Figure 2 - Projected number of beneficiaries and future cost of BRP, 2002/03 - 2042/43 No.

of beneficiaries Future cost 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 ) 0 0 0 ' ( s e i r a i c i f e n e b f o .
o N 2002/03 2012/13 2022/23 2032/33 2042/43 Financial year 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ) n B s R ( t s o c e r u t u F Regarding Basic Widow's pensions, Basic Invalid's pensions and Basic Orphan's pensions, the future costs will increase in line with the projected number of beneficiaries.

These pensions are expected to total Rs 1.6 billion within the next forty years compared to Rs 1.3 billion in 2002/2003.
Central Statistics Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Development PORT LOUIS May 2004 Contact Person: Mr. S. Bhonoo, Statistician Statistics Unit, Ministry of Social Security 3rd floor, Social Security House, Rose Hill Tel :- 465 4119 Fax :- 465 4665 - 10 - Table 1 - Estimated mid year population by sex, Republic of Mauritius, Island of Mauritius & Island of Rodrigues, 1998 & 2003 Year Both Sexes Male Female 1998 1/ Republic of Mauritius Island of Mauritius Island of Rodrigues 2003 2/ Republic of Mauritius Island of Mauritius Island of Rodrigues 1,159,729 1,124,508 35,221 579,657 562,166 17,491 580,072 562,342 17,730 1,222,811 1,186,363 36,448 605,084 587,024 18,060 617,727 599,339 18,388 Table 2 -Estimated mid year population by age-group & sex, Republic of Mauritius, 1998 & 2003 Age-group (years) Both Sexes 1998 1/ Male Female Both Sexes 2003 2/ Male Female Under 15 303,837 154,187 149,650 307,958 156,119 151,839 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-59 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55- 45,784
41,845 35,347 22,943 46,391 55,496 52,327 45,784 51,452 47,563 41,402 35,978 25,429 60 & Over 101,274 43,711 57,563 112,444 48,378 64,066 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80+ Total 579,657 1,159,729 617,727 1/ based on the 1990 population census data adjusted for underenumeration of young children (1,329 males and 786 females at ages 0-5 years).
2/ based on the 2000 population census data adjusted for underenumeration of children (4,456 males and 3,569 females at ages 0-9 years).
1,222,811 605,084 580,072 Table 3 - Female population aged 15 years & above and number of widows by age group, Republic of Mauritius, 2000 Census - 11 - Age-group (years) Number of widows Total female population % widows 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 15 - 59 60 & over 15 & over Table 4 - Government Expenditure on Social Security & Welfare1/ - Republic of Mauritius, 1997/98 - 2002/03 Government expenditure on Social Security & Welfare 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Rs (million) 4,484.8 5,448.2 5,953.2 6,647.2 7,268.3 7,795.3 % of total government expenditure 1/ revised 20.5 21.1 21.7 21.4 21.8 20.3 - 12 - Table 5.1 - No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Republic of Mauritius (a) No.

of beneficiaries by pension type, June 1998 -June 2003 Pension type No.
of beneficiaries June 98 June 99 June 00 June 01 June 02 June 03 Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 1/ Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance Child's Allowance of whom children of beneficiaries of: Basic Retirement Pension Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension 1/ drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension 2/ drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) 237 8,853 7,142 228 9,059 5,977 245 9,051 6,346 233 9,001 8,217 220 8,672 8,618 212 8,300 8,992 (b) Amount paid by pension type, financial years 1997/98 - 2002/03 Pension type Amount paid (Rs million) 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Basic Retirement Pension (including Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension and Child's Allowance) Basic Widow's Pension (including Child's Allowance) Basic Invalid's Pension (including Carer's Allowance and Child's Allowance) Basic Orphan's Pension (including Guardian's Allowance) 1,764.7 2,047.8 2,208.4 2,484.4 2,592.9 2,840.9 366.5 422.0 451.2 499.4 521.3 577.4 351.4 430.1 484.9 568.3 615.7 701.9 7.8 10.9 10.2 13.0 11.1 12.2 Table 5.2 - No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Island of Mauritius (a) No.
of beneficiaries by pension type, June 1998 - June 2003 - 13 - Pension type Number of beneficiaries Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom June 98 June 99 June 00 June 01 June 02 June 03 106,004 106,650 108,840 109,938 111,541 112,966 Severely handicapped 1/ 10,805 11,401 12,735 13,485 14,425 15,158 Basic Widow's Pension 20,459 20,813 20,973 21,794 22,134 22,504 Basic Invalid's Pension 17,031 18,390 19,481 21,456 22,463 23,089 of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance 4,059 4,788 5,276 5,691 6,059 6,371 578 482 563 471 546 438 512 415 469 386 440 359 Child's Allowance 14,798 15,198 15,763 16,964 17,018 17,028 of whom children of beneficiaries of: Basic Retirement Pension 223 221 217 214 203 200 Basic Widow's Pension 8,821 8,834 8,620 8,784 8,463 8,093 Basic Invalid's Pension 1/ drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension 2/ drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) 5,754 6,143 6,926 7,966 8,352 8,735 (b) Amount paid by pension type, financial years 1997/98 - 2002/03 Pension type Amount paid (Rs million) Basic Retirement Pension (including Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension and Child's Allowance) Basic Widow's Pension (including Child's Allowance) Basic Invalid's Pension (including Carer's Allowance and Child's Allowance) Basic Orphan's Pension (including Guardian's Allowance) 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 1,718.2 1,993.0 2,147.2 2,416.4 2,522.0 2,763.7 360.7 415.4 444.4 492.7 514.5 570.3 341.6 418.1 472.4 555.1 601.0 686.2
 6.2 8.8 8.1 10.9 8.9 10.0 Table 5.3 - No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Island of Rodrigues (a) No.
of beneficiaries by pension type, June 1998 - June 2003 - 14 - Pension type Number of beneficiaries Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 1/ Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance Child's Allowance of whom children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension June 98 June 99 June 00 June 01 June 02 June 1/ drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension 2/ drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) (b) Amount paid by pension type, financial years 1997/98 - 2002/03 Pension type Amount paid (Rs million) Basic Retirement Pension (including Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension and Child's Allowance) Basic Widow's Pension (including Child's Allowance) Basic Invalid's Pension (including Carer's Allowance and Child's Allowance) Basic Orphan's Pension (including Guardian's Allowance) 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 46.5 54.8 61.2 68.0 70.9 77.2 5.8 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.8 7.1 9.8 12.0 12.5 13.2 14.7 15.7 1.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 Table 6 - Number of beneficiaries of other non-contributory social benefits and amount paid, Republic of Mauritius - 15 - (a) No.
of beneficiaries by type of benefit, June 1998 - June 2003 Type of benefit Number of beneficiaries June 98 June 99 June 00 June 01 June 02 June 03 Social Aid1/ Food Aid 11,048 11,865 12,622 14,242 17,026 15,521 51,000 48,800 47,100 48,700 46,500 48,200 Indoor Relief (Capitation Grant) 784 807 829 847 852 857 Inmate's Allowance 923 938 934 939 925 950 Unemployment Hardship Relief 237 212 233 276 202 3233/ Funeral Grant 2/ 1,006 1,278 1,335 1,720 1,969 1,960 1/ refers to the no.
of cases who benefit from Social Aid for themselves and for members of their family.
2/ refers to the number of payments during the financial year 3/ provisional (b) Amount paid by type of benefit, Republic of Mauritius, financial years 1997/98 - 2002/2003 Type of benefit Amount paid (Rs million) 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Social Aid Food Aid 123.0 150.8 176.7 203.7 234.5 220.0 19.9 19.0 18.3 19.0 18.1 18.8 Indoor Relief (Capitation Grant) 15.5 18.8 21.1 22.9 24.2 28.1 Inmate's Allowance Unemployment Hardship Relief Funeral Grant 2.5 0.9 1.7 3.2 0.9 2.6 3.6 0.9 3.1 3.9 1.2 3.7 4.1 1.5 4.5 4.8 2.01/ 5.0 Table 7 - Number of cases of Social Aid by district, June 1998 - June 2003 - 16 - District/ Island June 98 June 99 June 00 June 01 June 02 June 03 Port-Louis 2,289 2,355 2,434 2,631 3,382 3,160 Pamplemousses 1,175 1,342 1,385 1,655 2,118 1,662 Riviere du Rempart 1,053 1,039 1,166 1,206 1,523 1,198 Flacq 922 896 1,214 1,452 1,398 1,354 Grand-Port 728 786 851 892 1,117 1,000 Savanne 680 739 717 817 1,000 832 Plaine-Wilhems 2,450 2,772 2,825 3,260 3,776 3,278 Moka 323 320 346 530 604 575 Black River 525 606 680 726 912 935 Island of Mauritius 10,145 10,855 11,618 13,169 15,830 13,994 Island of Rodrigues 903 1,010 1,004 1,073 1,196 1,527 Republic of Mauritius 11,048 11,865 12,622 14,242 17,026 15,521 - 17 - Table 8 - Contribution to the National Pensions Fund (NPF), financial years 1997/98-2002/2003 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 No.
of employers1/ contributing to the NPF 15,200 15,400 15,400 15,100 15,400 15,100 Amount contributed by employers and employees (Rs Mn) 841.6 890.7 979.0 1,043.1 1,113.3 1,142.2 Surcharge paid by employers(Rs Mn 8.1 7.1 6.9 7.3 9.0 9.7 Size of the NPF (Rs Mn) at end of financial year 14,258.2 16,442.3 18,887.3 21,810.4 24,962.8 28,307.7 1/ include the self employed and those who have contributed at least once during the financial year Table 9(a) - No.
of beneficiaries of contributory pensions, Republic of Mauritius - June 1998 - June 2003 Pension type June 1998 June 1999 June 2000 June 2001 June 2002 June 2003 Contributory Retirement Pension 28,295 29,797 31,453 32,767 33,957 34,775 Contributory Widow's Pension1/ 8,231 9,080 9,748 10,741 11,548 12,403 Contributory Invalid's Pension 2,603 3,124 3,443 4,166 4,530 4,766 Contributory Orphan's Pension 91 104 99 82 78 81 Industrial Injury Allowance 981 926 976 921 886 914 1/ includes widows of all ages Table 9(b) - Amount paid to beneficiaries of contributory pensions, Republic of Mauritius, financial years 1997/98 - 2002/2003 Pension type 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Contributory Retirement Pension 152.8 178.8 212.3 245.0 274.5 310.2 Contributory Widow's Pension 28.7 34.5 40.8 48.7 56.4 67.0 Contributory Invalid's Pension 8.8 10.2 11.7 13.7 15.5 18.1 Contributory Orphan's Pension 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Industrial Injury Allowance 1/ 22.6 21.8 24.0 21.1 24.22/ 25.9 1/ including lump sum 2/ revised Table 10(a) - No.
of cases receiving assistance from the National Solidarity Fund (NSF), Republic of Mauritius, financial years 1999/2000 - 2002/2003 - 18 - Contingency 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 Medical treatment abroad (Air ticket only) Personal Hardship Scheme: Multiple births Fire victims Natural calamities Tragic accidents Needy students Repatriation of mortal remains Assistance on humanitarian grounds Destitutes Incurable disease Assistive device Medical case Other Total 57 1 15 5 38 2 2 6 11 - - 4 1 142 9 1 - 2 10 20 - 5 13 - 12 - Table 10(b) - Amount disbursed by the National Solidarity Fund (NSF), Republic of Mauritius, financial years 1999/2000 - 2002/2003 Contingency Medical treatment abroad (Air ticket only) Personal Hardship Scheme: Multiple births Fire victims Natural calamities Tragic accidents Needy students Repatriation of mortal remains Assistance on humanitarian grounds Destitutes Incurable diseases Assistive devices Medical cases Other Total 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 5,966 442 79 278 5 75 25 190 10 10 50 55 - - 19 10 6,415 10 - 20 95 133 - 206 131 - 47 - 214 1,298 54 118 25 379 329 15 155 765 206 109 25 100 2,359 102 760 98 881 583 115 157 799 144 316 201 200 4,634 Table 11 - Projected mid year population by broad age group and sex in selected years, Republic of Mauritius, 2003 - 2043 Age-group 2003 2013 2023 2033 2043 (years) Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both Sexes Male Female Both
 Sexes Under 15 156,119 151,839 307,958 147,486 143,285 290,771 144,467 140,279 284,746 140,677 136,999 277,676 136,601 132,989 269,590 15-59 400,587 401,822 802,409 432,921 436,864 869,785 436,740 441,964 878,704 436,396 439,212 875,608 427,326 425,616 852,942 - 1 9 - 60 & over 48,378 64,066 112,444 73,381 92,358 165,739 114,887 134,775 249,662 147,356 169,942 317,298 166,507 197,601 364,108 Total 605,084 617,727 1,222,811 653,788 672,507 1,326,295 696,094 717,018 1,413,112 724,429 746,153 1,470,582 730,434 756,206 1,486,640 Pensioner support ratio 1/ 8.3 6.3 7.1 5.9 4.7 5.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.3 1/ Number of persons of working age (15-59 years) per old-age pensioner (aged 60 years and over) Table 12 - Projected no.
of beneficiaries and estimated future costs of basic pension in selected years, Republic of Mauritius, 2003-2043 (a) Projected no.
of beneficiaries by pension type, June 2003 - June 2043 - 20 - Pension type Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 1/ Actual no.of beneficiaries June 2003 Projected number of beneficiaries June 2013 June 2023 June 2033 June 2043 116,324 165,700 249,700 317,300 364,100 15,599 20,400 30,000 42,400 53,300 Basic Widow's Pension 22,861 29,500 32,100 33,300 31,500 Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance 23,627 27,600 28,800 29,300 28,300 6,533 7,700 8,000 8,200 7,900 553 456 530 440 520 430 510 420 490 410 Child's Allowance 17,504 16,910 16,400 16,100 15,700 of whom children of beneficiaries of: Basic Retirement Pension 212 210 200 200 200 Basic Widow's Pension 8,300 8,100 7,800 7,700 7,500 Basic Invalid's Pension 8,992 8,600 8,400 8,200 8,000 1/ drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension 2/ drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) (b) Estimated future costs (Rs million) by pension type, financial years 2002/2003 - 2042/43 Pension type Actual amount 2002/2003 Estimated future costs at 2002/2003 pension rates 2012/13 2022/23 2032/33 2042/43 Basic Retirement Pension (including Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension and Child's Allowance) Basic Widow's Pension (including Child's Allowance) Basic Invalid's Pension (including Carer's Allowance and Child's Allowance) Basic Orphan's Pension (including Guardian's Allowance) 2,841 4,140 6,200 7,960 9,360 577 715 770 795 755 702 780 810 820 790 12 9 9 9 8
 Non-contributory benefits by type and amount payable in 1997/98 and 2002/2003 ANNEX 1 Pension type Amount payable (Rs) 2002/03 1997/98 Monthly Basic Retirement Pension (BRP) for ages : (60-89) years (90-99) years 100 years and over Basic Widow's Pension (BWP) Basic Invalid's Pension (BIP) Basic Orphan's Pension (BOP) Guardian's Allowance Child's Allowance for ages : (0-9) years (10-19) years Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension for ages: (60-89) years (90-99) years 100 years and over Additional Basic Invalid's Pension
 (Carer's Allowance) Social Aid (minimum amount payable) Food Aid Inmate's Allowance : (a) Charitable Institutions (b) Brown Sequard Hospital Unemployment Hardship Relief (minimum amount payable) Minimum Contributory Retirement Pension Indoor Relief : Under 90 years (90 - 99) years 100 years and over 1,150 4,450 4,560 1,150 1,150 550 225 350 380 1,965 5,265 5,375 700 300 30 120 290 67 191 Daily 55 55 55 Per case 1,700 6,400 7,300 1,700 1,700 955 420 555 595 2,905 7,605 8,505 1,045 460 30 265 490 100 258 90 265 275 Funeral Grant Allowance under the National Solidarity Fund: 1,665 2,480 Personal Hardship Scheme (maximum amount payable) 10,000 25,000 A N N E X 2 ASSUMPTIONS USED FOR ESTIMATING FUTURE COSTS OF BASIC PENSIONS 1.0 - All future costs are calculated on pension rates of 2002/2003 (flat rate).
2.1 - Basic Retirement Pension (including Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension and Child's Allowance) Beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension These are assumed to be the projected population aged 60 and over.

Beneficiaries of Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension The proportion of beneficiaries of BRP who obtain this additional pension has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.
Beneficiaries of Child's Allowance The proportion of children receiving Child's Allowance (BRP cases) has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.

2.2 - Basic Widow's Pension (including Child's Allowance) Beneficiaries of Basic Widow's Pension The proportion of women who are widows has been worked out by 5-year age-group for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.
Beneficiaries of Child's Allowance The proportion of children receiving Child's Allowance (BWP cases) has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.

2.3 - Basic Invalid's Pension (including Carer's Allowance and Child's Allowance) Beneficiaries of Basic Invalid's Pension The proportion of the population who are such pensioners has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.
It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.

Beneficiaries of Carer's Allowance It has been assumed that the proportion of BIP beneficiaries who obtain this additional pension remains the same as in 2003.

Beneficiaries of Child's Allowance The proportion of children receiving Child's Allowance (BIP cases) has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.
2.4 - Basic Orphan's Pension (including Guardian's Allowance) Beneficiaries of Basic Orphan's Pension The proportion of children receiving Basic Orphan's Pension has been worked out by 5-year age-group and sex for 2003.

It has been assumed that this proportion remains constant in the future.

Beneficiaries of Guardian's Allowance The average number of beneficiaries of Basic Orphan's Pension per guardian has been assumed to remain the same as in 2003.