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SOCIAL SECURITY STATISTICS 2014 – 2018 1.

INTRODUCTION This issue of the „Economic and Social Indicators‟ presents statistics on the main social security benefits provided by the Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity and Environment and Sustainable development (Social Security and National Solidarity Division) for the period January 2014 to June 2018.
Social Security benefits are classified as:  Non-contributory benefits financed by government and are payable to every Mauritian citizen under certain conditions; and  Contributory benefits payable only to, or on behalf of, those persons who have contributed to the National Pensions Fund (NPF) Social Security Statistics was reported on a calendar (January to December) year basis instead of the financial (July to June) year basis from year 2010 to year 2014.
This followed Government decision taken in July 2008 to change reporting period of Government account from year ending 30th June to year ending 31st December.

Then in 2015, following Government decision, reporting period reverted to the financial year basis (July to June).

This publication presents main summary statistics on Social Security for the period July 2017 to June 2018.
For the financial year 2017/2018, the number of beneficiaries relates to June 2018, while the amount paid refers to financial year.

Figures for 2017/2018 are subject to revision in future issues as additional information becomes available.

Detailed explanatory notes on the different benefits are given at section 9.

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HIGHLIGHTS – REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS a.

As at June 2018, the number of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension reached 215,334, some 4.1% more compared to June 2017.
The cost to Government was Rs 16.8 billion in 2017/2018 i.e.

9.4% higher than that in 2016/2017.

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There were 19,282 Basic Widow’s Pensioners in June 2018 compared to 19,540 one year earlier, showing a decrease of 1.3%.

However, due to increases in the rates payable, the amount disbursed increased by 3.0% to reach Rs 1.5 billion in 2017/2018.

c. The number of Basic Invalid’s Pensioners as at June 2018 was 32,075, i.e., a decrease of 0.7% compared to 32,300 a year earlier.
The total amount disbursed from July 2017 to June 2018 rose by 5.8% to reach Rs 2.7 billion.

d. At June 2018, the number of beneficiaries of Basic Orphan’s Pension stood at 349 compared to 365 at June 2017 and expenditure amounted to around Rs 35 million for the period July 2017 to June 2018. e. Social Aid benefits were paid to 16,975 families in June 2018, i.e., a decrease of 8.2% over the figure for June 2017.

Amount paid registered an 11.9% decrease to nearly Rs 562 million in 2017/2018.

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EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE – (TABLE 1) 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 2001 of the International Monetary Fund.
It covers all expenses made by the Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity and Environment and Sustainable development (Social Security and National Solidarity Division) and the Ministry of Gender Equality, Child Development & Family Welfare together with components of social welfare of all government organizations as well as Local Government.

indicate Government expenditure on Social Security and Welfare is not yet available for the period July 2017 to June 2018.
Latest available figures Rs 34.8 billion on Social Security and Welfare from July 2016 to June 2017, representing 28.2% of total government expenditure and 7.8% of the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) at market prices.

that Government spent the Basic The main components were Retirement Pension with a share of 44.1%, followed by Public Service Pensions, 19.7%.

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NON-CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS These benefits include:  Basic pensions which cater for elderly, invalids, widows and 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; and  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.
The pension rates payable for non-contributory benefits are given at Table 9.

4.1 BASIC PENSIONS 4.1.1 Basic Retirement Pension – BRP (Table 2.1) 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 old-age pensioners, which stood at 206,799 as at June 2017 increased by 4.1% to reach 215,334 as at June 2018.
The old-age pension cost government Rs 16.8 billion during 2017/2018, representing an increase of 9.4% over 2016/2017.

4.1.2 Basic Widow’s Pension – BWP (Table 2.1) 3 Basic Widow's Pension is payable to widows aged 15 to 59 years who were either civilly and/or religiously married to their late husband.

There were 19,282 Basic Widow‟s Pensioners in June 2018 compared to 19,540 one year earlier, showing a decrease of 1.3%.
However, due to higher rate of pension, Government expenditure on BWP increased by 3% from Rs 1,482 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 1,525.8 million in 2017/2018.

4.1.3 Basic Invalid’s Pension – BIP – (Table 2.1) The Basic Invalid‟s Pension is payable to any person under the age of 60, if certified by a Medical Board that the person is either permanently or substantially incapacitated to a degree of 60% or more for at least 12 months.
The number of such beneficiaries decreased from 32,300 in June 2017 to 32,075 in June 2018, down by 0.7%.

The total amount spent on Basic Invalid's Pension rose by 5.8% from Rs 2,558.6 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 2,706.2 million in 2017/2018.

4.1.4 Basic Orphan’s Pension (BOP) – (Table 2.1) Basic Orphan‟s Pension is payable to all orphans under the age of 15, or under 20 years, if they are in full-time education.
The number of beneficiaries of Basic Orphan‟s Pension decreased from 365 in June 2017 to 349 in June 2018.

Its cost amounted to Rs 34.8 million in 2017/2018, representing a 1.4% decrease over 2016/2017.

4.1.5 Child’s Allowance – (Table 2.1) 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.
The total number of children benefiting from Child‟s allowance decreased by 6.4% from 14,400 in June 2017 to 13,480 in June 2018.

Out of this total, 59.3% were children of Basic Invalid‟s pensioners followed by those of Basic Widow‟s Pensioners (36.3%).

4.2 OTHER NON - CONTRIBUTORY SOCIAL BENEFITS – (TABLES 3 & 4) 4.2.1 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.

The total number of families benefiting from such assistance decreased by 8.2% from 18,493 in June 2017 to 16,975 in June 2018.

Amount paid registered a 11.9% decrease to Rs 562.5 million in 2017/2018.
4.2.2 Income Support for purchase of rice and flour In order to support needy Mauritians for the purchase of rice and flour, a Food Aid Scheme and an Income Support Scheme were introduced when government subsidy on rice and flour was discontinued.

The number of persons who were benefiting from Food Aid scheme or Income Support Scheme was 74,650 in June 2018 and the total amount paid from July 2017 to June 2018 was Rs 276.6 million.
4 4.2.3 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 Social Aid.

The number of beneficiaries decreased from 674 in June 2017 to 644 in June 2018, showing a decline of 4.5%.

The amount paid under this scheme was Rs 60.5 million for the period July 2017 to June 2018.
4.2.4 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.

In June 2018, some 709 persons received such allowance as compared to 722 in June 2017, representing a decrease of 1.8%.

The amount spent under this item decreased by 5.5% from Rs 10.3 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 9.7 million in 2017/2018.
4.2.5 Unemployment Hardship Relief 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 number of beneficiaries of UHR decreased by 22.1%, from 909 in June 2017 to 708 in June 2018 and the amount paid to these beneficiaries decreased by 22.6% from Rs 20.3 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 15.7 million in 2017/2018.
4.2.6 Funeral Grant Funeral grant is meant to cover funeral expenses of persons from low-income families.

The number of payments for funeral expenses stood at 3,743 during July 2017 to June 2018.

The amount disbursed was Rs 37.8 million during that same period.

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NATIONAL PENSION FUND, NATIONAL SAVINGS FUND AND CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS 5.1 NATIONAL PENSIONS FUND – (TABLE 5) The National Pension Scheme, introduced in April 1976, provides for the payment of contributory pensions to those employees of the private sector who have contributed to the National Pensions Fund (NPF).

From July 2017 to June 2018, there were around 380,900 employees who have contributed to NPF, while contributions received from both employees and employers amounted to Rs 3,628.9 million.
5.2 NATIONAL SAVINGS FUND – (TABLE 6) 5 The National Savings Fund (NSF) has been set up in 1995 to replace the Employees Welfare Fund.

The objectives of the National Savings Fund are:  To provide for the payment of a lump sum to every employee on his retirement at the age of 60 or earlier, or to the beneficiary on his death; and  To set up and operate for the benefit of employees, such schemes, including loan schemes, as may be prescribed.
The number of employees covered by the Fund was 458,900 during period July 2017 to June 2018 and the total contribution received, exclusive of surcharge, amounted to Rs 1,758.1 million.

5.3 CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS Contributory benefits 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.
In the case of contributory benefits, the allowances payable vary according to the amount contributed to NPF by the insured worker.

For those persons whose contributions were marginal, government guarantees a minimum contributory pension.

During July 2017 to June 2018, amount disbursed on Contributory Retirement Pension (CRP) represented the main component with 76.9% of the total, followed by Contributory Widows Pension (CWP) with 19.3% [Table 7(b) and Figure 2].
5.3.1 Contributory Pensions – (Tables 7(a) - (b)) 5.3.1.1 Contributory Retirement Pension (CRP) Contributory Retirement Pension is payable to a person on reaching the age of 60 years, if that person has contributed to the National Pension Fund.

The number of beneficiaries of this type of pension rose from 95,598 in June 2017 to reach 103,287 in June 2018, showing a rise of 8%.
An increase of 10.4% was also noted in the amount disbursed, from Rs 1,792.7 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 1,978.9 million in 2017/2018.

5.3.1.2 Contributory Widow’s Pension (CWP) 6 Contributory Widow‟s Pension is payable to a widow whose late husband had contributed to the National Pensions Fund.

The total number of widows who benefited from such a pension increased by 4.4%, from 27,622 in June 2017 to 28,840 in June 2018.
The amount paid went up from Rs 461.3 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 498 million in 2017/2018, showing an increase of 8%.

5.3.1.3 Contributory Invalid’s Pension (CIP) A person is entitled to a Contributory Invalid‟s Pension if he/she has previously contributed to the National Pension Fund and suffers from a permanent incapacity of at least 60%.

The number of such beneficiaries registered an increase of 2.3%, from 9,846 in June 2017 to 10,076 in June 2018.
The amount paid on this item increased by 3.4% from Rs 67.7 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 70 million in 2017/2018.

5.3.1.4 Contributory Orphan’s Pension (COP) Contributory Orphan‟s pension is payable to orphans under the age of 15 years (or 20 years if the child is at school), if any of the deceased parents had contributed to National Pension Fund.

At June 2018, the number of orphans benefiting from this pension was 207 against 197 in June 2017, representing an increase of 5.1%.
The amount disbursed for period July 2017 to June 2018 was Rs 0.4 million, same as in the preceding financial year .

5.3.1.5 Industrial Injury Benefits This comprises only those cases who, being insured under NPF, have been awarded Industrial Injury Allowance in respect of work accidents.

The number of cases of Industrial Injury decreased from 648 in June 2017 to 627 in June 2018.

The total amount paid decreased from Rs 28.1 million in 2016/2017 to Rs 27.1 million in 2017/2018, down by 3.4%.

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NATIONAL SOLIDARITY FUND – (TABLE 8(a) – (b)) The National Solidarity Fund started operating on 1 June 1991 with the objective to provide financial assistance to:  Mauritian citizens residing in Mauritius who require surgical operations that can only be performed abroad.

 Those undergoing Severe Personal Hardships such as tragic accidents, needy students, victims of natural calamities, multiple births, medical cases, etc.
7 In 2017/2018, the National Solidarity Fund assisted 2,486 cases compared to 4,796 in 2016/2017, representing a decrease of 48.2%.

During that period, the amount spent decreased by 63.7% to Rs 31.7 million from Rs 87.4 million.

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LIST OF TABLES The following tables together with the web version of this publication can be downloaded from Statistics Mauritius website at http://statsmauritius.govmu.org From the homepage click on „Statistics by subject‟ followed by „Social security‟, then select the appropriate publication under the heading „Publications – Economic and Social Indicators‟.

Table 1 – Government Expenditure on Social Security & Welfare, Republic of Mauritius, 2014 - 2017 Table 2.1 - 2.3 – No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid by island, 2014 - 2018 Table 3 – Number of beneficiaries of other non-contributory social benefits and amount paid, Republic of Mauritius, 2014 - 2018 Table 4 – Number of cases of Social Aid paid by district, 2014 - 2018 Table 5 – Contribution to the National Pensions Fund (NPF), 2014 - 2018 Table 6 – Contribution to the National Savings Fund (NSF), 2014 - 2018 Table 7 – Number of beneficiaries of contributory pensions and amount paid, 2014 - 2018, Republic of Mauritius Table 8 – No.
of cases receiving assistance from the National Solidarity Fund by type and amount disbursed, 2014 - 2018, Republic of Mauritius Table 9 – Non-contributory benefits by type and rate payable, 2014 - 2018 8.

NOTES 8.1 RELEASE OF DATA ON SOCIAL SECURITY This publication is a yearly issue to be released by end of February according to an advance calendar posted on Statistics Mauritius website (http://statsmauritius.govmu.org).

The next issue is scheduled for February 2020.


This indicator will also be followed by a more comprehensive report on the same subject and period, with release scheduled for September 2019.
8 8.2 INQUIRIES For further information regarding the indicators presented in this ESI and other statistics on social security please contact: Mr. A. RAMASAMY, Statistician Social Security Statistics Unit, Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity and Environment and Sustainable Development (Social Security and National Solidarity Division) 8th floor, Social Security House, Rose Hill Tel: (230) 403 2700 (Ext.
1254) Fax: (230) 465 4665 E-mail : aramasamy@govmu.org 9 EXPLANATORY NOTES 9.1 NON – CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS 9.1.1 Carer’s Allowance for Basic Retirement Pensioner The Carer‟s Allowance for Basic Retirement Pensioner 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 9.1.2 Carer’s Allowance for Basic Invalid Pensioner Basic Invalid Pensioners, who need the constant care and attention of another person, benefit from an additional allowance known as the Carer‟s Allowance.
9.1.3 Guardian Allowance (GA) A Guardian‟s allowance is also paid 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.

9.1.4 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.

It is to be noted that child allowance is payable even after discontinuation of pensions to the parents for some reasons (e.g.

when the widowed mother got married).

9 9.1.5 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.
9.1.6 Income Support for purchase of rice and flour In order to support needy Mauritians for the purchase of rice and flour, the Food Aid Scheme was introduced in May 1993 when government subsidy on rice and flour was temporarily discontinued.

Under the Food Aid Scheme, a monthly stipend is given to every needy Mauritian for the purchase of rice and flour.
The beneficiaries are:  All recipients of Social Aid and their dependents  All those receiving the Unemployment Hardship Relief  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 monthly stipend increased from Rs 30 in May 1993 to Rs 50 in October 2004, then to Rs 85 as from 1 July 2006 and later to Rs100 as from 1 July 2008.
In addition, as from 1 July 2006 with the government discontinuation of subsidy on rice and flour, an Income Support Scheme was introduced whereby a monthly allowance of Rs 40 is given to:  Any head of household and his/her dependents whose average monthly electricity consumption does not exceed 75 KWh and who are not in receipt of Food Aid.
 Any beneficiary of basic pension and his/her dependents (under the National Pensions Act) and who would have been eligible to receive social aid if he/she was not in receipt of that basic pension.

This allowance also increased to Rs 100 as from 1 July 2008.

9.1.7 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.
9.1.8 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 (i) Registered as unemployed at the Employment Exchange 10 (ii) Be willing and able to take up employment and (iii) Be actively looking for work A disabled person, who can work but has not been able to find a job, receives an Unemployment Hardship Relief in addition to his Basic Invalid's Pension.
9.1.9 Funeral Grant A funeral grant is meant to cover funeral expenses of persons from low-income families.

9.2 CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS 9.2.1 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 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 under sugar cane cultivation); other 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 1,645 for private household employees and Rs 2,605 for other employees during the financial year 2017/2018.

During that period, as from a monthly remuneration of Rs 16,995 a flat contribution is applicable for both categories.
9.2.2 National Savings Fund The National Savings Fund has been set up in 1995 to replace the Employees Welfare Fund.

The objectives of the National Savings Fund are:  To provide for the payment of a lump sum to every employee on his retirement at the age of 60 or earlier, or to the beneficiary on his death; and  To set up and operate for the benefit of employees, such schemes, including loan schemes, as may be prescribed.
This Fund is compulsory in respect to all employees, except non-citizens, of both public and private sector.

Contributions to the Fund were payable at the rate of 2.5 % by employers.

As from February 2009, following the proclamation of the Employment Rights Act, the contribution increased to 3.5%, comprising of 2.5% from employers and 1% from employees of the Private Sector and those of parastatal bodies.
This additional 1% contribution is being used to pay part of the Transitory Unemployment Benefit (TUB) to laid-off workers.

9.2.3 Industrial Injury Benefits The different types of allowances payable in respect of a work accident affecting an employee insured under the National Pension Scheme are:  Industrial Injury allowance as a result of a total temporary incapacity, subject to medical evidence.

11  Disablement pension due to a permanent incapacity (partial or total).
 Survivor‟s Pension as a result of the death.

 Constant attendance allowance resulting in a total temporary incapacity or a 100% disability and requiring the constant attendance of another person.

 Dependent‟s pension, orphan‟s pension, child allowance, clinical expenses, clothing expenses, hospital expenses, artificial aid.

9.3 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:  Mauritian citizens residing in Mauritius who require surgical operations that can only be performed abroad.

 Those undergoing Severe Personal Hardships.

Since November 1999, with the creation of the “Trust Fund for Overseas Treatment” operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Health, all surgical operations cases are referred there.
The National Solidarity Fund has then widened the scope of its activities under the “Severe Personal Hardship Scheme” to cover also tragic accidents, needy students, victims of natural calamities, multiple births, 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 from e.g.
Automatics Systems Ltd., Mauritius Turf Club, lottotech Ltd. and other commercial promotions.
Statistics Mauritius Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Port Louis February 2019 - 12 - Table 1 - Government Expenditure on Social Security & Welfare 1/ - Republic of Mauritius, calendar year 2014, Jan to June 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2016/2017 Government expenditure on Social Security & Welfare Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Amount (Rs Mn) 2/ 28,060.4 12,221.1 31,185.0 34,820.9 % of total government expenditure % of GDP at market prices 28.0 7.3 24.2 6.2 29.0 7.4 28.2 7.8 1/ Data for financial year July 2017 to June 2018 are not yet available.
2/ Including amount spent under "Welfare" and paid by other Ministries - 13 - Table 2.1 - No.

of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Republic of Mauritius (a) No.

of beneficiaries by pension type as at December 2014 and June 2015 - 2018 Pension type December 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018 1/ No.
of beneficiaries Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 3/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance Child's Allowance of whom children of beneficiaries of: 184,487 188,470 197,037 206,799 215,334 16,812 20,302 30,715 6,485 372 321 16,586 20,291 30,412 6,531 376 329 16,010 19,890 29,287 6,244 370 322 16,160 19,540 32,3005/ 6,775 365 314 16,147 19,282 32,075 7,231 349 290 16,311 16,612 15,368 14,400 13,480 Basic Retirement Pension 255 241 224 201 196 5,244 5,809 5,968 5,542 4,888 9,927 476 9,775 472 Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension Other 4/ 1/ Provisional 2/ Drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension (Carer's Allowance) 3/ Drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) 4/ These are children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 5/ With effect from July 2016, BIP is payable to persons under the age of 60 as compared to previous years where only those aged 15 to 59 were eligible 7,990 406 8,538 417 9,147 455 (b) Amount paid by pension type, calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 Amount paid (Rs Mn) Pension type Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 2/ 9,959.6 1,039.6 6,178.5 14,096.1 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 1/ (including Guardian's Allowance) 1/ Includes allowances to children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 2/ Provisional 1,454.1 1,065.6 2,322.0 1,678.7 669.6 15.0 35.5 27.7 15,359.6 1,482.0 2,558.6 16,809.6 1,525.8 2,706.2 35.3 34.8 Table 2.2 - No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Island of Mauritius (a) No.
of beneficiaries by pension type as at December 2014 and June 2015 - 2018 Number of beneficiaries - 14 - Pension type December 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018 1/ Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 3/ 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 180,136 184,034 192,442 201,991 210,303 16,158 19,878 29,980 15,892 19,861 29,623 15,200 19,466 28,457 15,273 19,126 31,2825/ Other 4/ 1/ Provisional 2/ Drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension (Carer's Allowance) 3/ Drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) 4/ These are children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 5/ With effect from July 2016, BIP is payable to persons under the age of 60 as compared to previous years where only those aged 15 to 59 were eligible 392 380 (b) Amount paid by pension type, calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 Pension type Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 2/
 Amount paid (Rs Mn) 9,727.3 1,018.5 6,027.7 13,745.6 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 1/ (including Guardian's Allowance) 1/ Includes allowances to children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 2/ Provisional 2,246.8 1,032.9 1,422.0 1,634.2 654.8 25.0 32.5 13.6 14,975.7 1,449.6 2,466.3 16,386.6 1,491.7 2,608.4 32.5 31.8 Table 2.3 - No.
of beneficiaries of basic pensions and amount paid, Island of Rodrigues - 15 - (a) No.
of beneficiaries by pension type as at December 2014 and June 2015 - 2018 Number of beneficiaries Pension type December 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 20181/ Basic Retirement Pension (Old age pension) of whom Severely handicapped 2/ Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension of whom Severely handicapped 3/ Basic Orphan's Pension Guardian's Allowance Child's Allowance of whom children of beneficiaries of: Basic Retirement Pension 1,0185/ 448 34 33 593 8 980 413 1,020 481 35 31 641 8 209 209 203 190 28 373 346 391 Basic Widow's Pension Basic Invalid's Pension Other 4/ 1/ Provisional 2/ Drawing the Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension (Carer's Allowance) 3/ Drawing Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) 4/ These are children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 5/ With effect from July 2016, BIP is payable to persons under the age of 60 as compared to previous years where only those aged 15 to 59 were eligible 370 29 30 25 202 405 26 (b) Amount paid by pension type, calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 Pension type Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 2/ Amount paid (Rs Mn) 21.1 150.9 232.3 350.5 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 1/ (including Guardian's Allowance) 1/ Includes allowances to children who were previously children of beneficiaries of Basic Retirement Pension or Basic Widow's Pension or Basic Invalid's Pension 2/ Provisional 44.4 32.1 32.7 14.8 75.2 1.4 3.0 2.7 383.9 423.0 32.4 34.1 92.3 97.8 2.8 3.0 - 16 - Table 3 - Number of beneficiaries of other non-contributory social benefits and amount paid, Republic of Mauritius (a) No.
of beneficiaries by type of benefit as at December 2014 and June 2015 - 2018 Type of benefit December 2014 June 2015 June 2016 June 2017 June 2018 3/ Number of beneficiaries Social Aid1/ 21,246 20,369 20,319 18,493 16,975 Food Aid (inclu.
Income support) 93,150 95,625 95,835 94,200 74,650 Indoor Relief (Capitation Grant) Inmate's Allowance Unemployment Hardship Relief Funeral Grant 2/ 677 809 882 3,218 677 788 1,020 1,642 644 734 902 674 722 909 644 709 708 3,468 3,323 3,743 1/ Refers to the number of cases who benefit from Social Aid for themselves and for members of their family 2/ Refers to the number of payments during the calendar/financial year 3/ Provisional (b) Amount paid by type of benefit for calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 Amount paid (Rs Mn) Type of benefit Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 3/ Social Aid1/ 764.2 326.4 733.2 638.5 562.5 Food Aid 2/(inclu.
Income support) 292.2 148.2 327.6 349.0 276.6 Indoor Relief (Capitation Grant) 63.2 29.5 60.0 Inmate's Allowance Unemployment Hardship Relief Funeral Grant 8.9 26.5 14.6 4.4 12.3 8.2 9.9 20.5 17.5 58.6 10.3 20.3 31.1 60.5 9.7 15.7 37.8 1/ Includes amount paid on (i) subsidy on HSC and SC examination fees (ii) assistance to professional fishermen and food aid in Rodrigues 2/ Excludes amount spent for Rodrigues which is included in "Social aid" 3/ Provisional Table 4 - Number of cases of Social Aid paid by district as at December 2014 and - 17 - June 2015 - 2018 District/ Island Dec 2014 Jun 2015 Jun 2016 Jun 2017 Jun 2018 1/ Port-Louis 3,888 3,728 3,799 3,293 3,244 Pamplemousses 2,411 2,312 2,456 2,079 1,952 Riviere du Rempart 1,347 1,291 1,345 1,035 919 Flacq Grand-Port Savanne 1,888 1,810 1,713 1,495 1,393 1,134 1,087 1,123 1,082 1,028 1,095 1,050 938 822 741 Plaine Wilhems 4,538 4,351 4,390 3,737 3,359 Moka Black River 915 959 877 919 881 795 656 975 1,029 1,014 Island of Mauritius 18,175 17,425 17,620 15,367 14,306 Island of Rodrigues 3,071 2,944 2,699 3,126 2,669 Republic of Mauritius 21,246 20,369 20,319 18,493 16,975 1/ Provisional Table 5 - Contribution to the National Pensions Fund (NPF), calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 2/ No.
of employers1/ contributing to the Fund ('000) No.
of employees contributing to the Fund ('000) Amount contributed by employers and employees (Rs Mn) 20.0 19.2 20.7 21.3 24.0 328.6 307.5 344.7 352.7 380.9 3,012.1 1,637.4 3,373.8 3,642.0 3,628.9 Surcharge paid by employers (Rs Mn) 6.4 3.9 5.7 6.4 1.2 Size of the NPF (Rs Mn) as at end of financial year 93,981.3 NA 100,934.2 111,692.0 NA 1/ Including the self employed and those who have contributed at least once during the financial year 2/ Provisional Table 6 - Contribution to the National Savings Fund (NSF), calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018 - 18 - Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 1/ No.
of employers contributing to Fund ('000) 19.8 19.0 No.

of employees belonging to the Fund ('000) 402.2 374.6 20.5 395.8 21.1 425.4 23.7 458.9 Amount contributed by employers (Rs Mn) 1,485.4 805.5 1,648.7 1,777.3 1,758.1 Surcharge paid by employers (Rs Mn) 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.1 No.
of beneficiaries of Lump Sum: 7,915 5,077 12,017 14,961 15,158 of which Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) 152 16 24 66 5 Total Lump Sum paid (Rs Mn) 396.3 250.9 472.3 671.1 686.5 of which VRS (Rs Mn) 11.8 1.0 1.6 4.6 0.4 Size of Fund (Rs Mn) as at end of financial year 1/ Provisional 19,598.7 NA 21,772.0 23,548.0 NA Table 7(a) - Number of beneficiaries of contributory pensions as at December 2014 and June 2015 - 2018, Republic of Mauritius Pension type Contributory Retirement Pension Contributory Widow's Pension Contributory Invalid's Pension Contributory Orphan's Pension Industrial Injury Benefits 1/ Provisional December 2014 June 2015 78,185 81,104 24,512 25,239 9,799 9,721 173 797 185 750 June 2016 87,721 26,348 9,634 188 643 June 2017 95,598 27,622 9,846 197 648 June 20181/ 103,287 28,840 10,076 207 627 Table 7(b) -Amount paid to beneficiaries of contributory pensions calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018, Republic of Mauritius Pension type Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 1/ Amount paid (Rs Mn) Contributory Retirement Pension 1,316.1 741.2 1,575.1 1,792.7 1,978.9 Contributory Widow's Pension 358.4 201.1 417.4 461.3 498.0 Contributory Invalid's Pension Contributory Orphan's Pension Industrial Injury Benefits 1/ Provisional 58.8 30.7 0.3 0.2 38.2 20.4 63.3 0.4 30.9 67.7 0.4 28.1 70.0 0.4 27.1 Table 8(a) - No.
of cases receiving assistance from the National Solidarity Fund by type, calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018, Republic of Mauritius - 19 - Contingency Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 Number of cases Medical treatment abroad (Air ticket only) 0 Personal Hardship Scheme : - Multiple births - Fire victims - Natural calamities - Tragic accidents - Needy students - Repatriation of mortal remains 8 0 1 0 0 - Destitute - Medical case - Centenarian - Sale by levy (Hardship case) Other 965 254 307 444 239 1,005 576 2,023 3,231 1,669 43 23 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 62 49 3 0 0 0 Total 2,987 1,311 2,974 4,796 2,486 Table 8(b) - Amount disbursed by the National Solidarity Fund by type, calendar year 2014, Jan to Jun 2015 and financial years 2015/2016 - 2017/2018, Republic of Mauritius Contingency Amount paid (Rs '000) Jan to Dec 2014 Jan to Jun 2015 Jul 2015 to Jun 2016 Jul 2016 to Jun 2017 Jul 2017 to Jun 2018 Medical treatment abroad (Air ticket only) 0 0 0 0 0 Personal Hardship Scheme: 34,234 18,592 55,639 87,418 31,728 - Multiple births - Fire victims - Natural calamities - Tragic accidents - Needy students 30 0 101 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,837 4,908 6,593 11,921 5,577 - Repatriation of mortal remains 333 0 50 0 0 - Destitute - Medical case - Centenarian - Sale by levy (Hardship case) Other 6,870 1,666 1,951
 2,712 1,311 17,263 11,788 46,454 71,627 24,350 430 230 460 620 490 20 0 0 0 6 0 538 0 0 0 Total 34,234 18,592 55,639 87,418 31,728 Table 9 - Non-contributory benefits by type and rate payable, 2014 - 2018 - 20 - Pension type Monthly amount payable (Rs) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Basic Retirement Pension (BRP) : (60-69) years (70-89) years (90-99) years 100 years and over Basic Widow's Pension (BWP) Basic Invalid's Pension (BIP) Basic Orphan's Pension (BOP) ( i) Under 15 years and not in full time education (ii)
 3 years and up to 20 years and in full time education Guardian's Allowance:(Under the National Pensions Act) Child's Allowance:(Under the National Pensions Act) (0 - 9) years (10-19) years Enhanced Basic Retirement Pension 1/: (60-69) years (70-89) years (90-99) years 100 years and over Additional Basic Invalid's Pension (Carer's Allowance) Social Aid (minimum amount payable) Food Aid Income Support (as from 1 July 2006) Inmate's Allowance : (a) Charitable Institutions (b) Brown Sequard Hospital: Under 60 years (60-69) years (70-89) years (90-99) years Unemployment Hardship Relief (Minimum) Minimum Contributory Retirement Pension Indoor Relief : Under 60 years (60-89) years (90-99) years 100 years and over 1/ Inclusive of Basic Retirement Pension D a i l y 8,450 8,450 18,450 23,450 2,500 978 285 285 733 1,363 1,363 3,863 5,113 250 544 8,810 8,810 18,810 23,810 2,500 1,013 285 285 759 1,452 1,452 3,952
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