Social Security Division
The social security Division is responsible to receive claims and process applications for Social Aid, Social Register of Mauritius, Basic Benefits, National Savings Fund and deal with complaints regarding Elderly abuse.
Objectives
The objectives is to insure that all schemes, programs and assistances initiated by the central government are applied to Rodrigues and as their counterparts in Mauritius , all Rodriguan benefit from the poverty alleviation initiatives and are embarked on the National effort to empower and redistribute wealth.
Services
The Division is responsible for the provision of a range of services under the following schemes/programmes:
- National Pensions Scheme
- Non-contributory Pensions
- Contributory Pensions
- Industrial Injuries Allowances
- National Savings Fund
- Application for Payment of Lump Sum
- Social Assistance in kind and in cash
- Unemployment Hardship Relief
- Empowerment, welfare, protection and well-being of the Elderly
- Empowerment and welfare of Persons with Disabilities
- Managing of emergency centres sheltering evacuees on the occurrence of natural disasters like cyclone, flood, etc.
Documents
With the aim of helping you during the application of the various pension and allowance availalabe within our department, please find below the list of documents to produce for each application:
Basic Retirement Pension (BRP)
- Birth Certificate
- National Identity Card
- Marriage Certificate (for married women)
- Bank Account Number and Name of bank
Basic Invalids Pension
- Birth Certificates of Claimant and Dependent Children
- National Identity Card
- Medical Certificate/Report, Prescriptions, Appointment cards from Hospital, if any
- Bank Account Number and Name of Bank
- Marriage Certificate (for married women)
- Proxy’s ID, where applicable
Basic Widows Pension
- Birth Certificate of claimant and dependent children
- National Identity Card
- Marriage Certificate (for married women)
- Death Certificate of Spouse
- Bank Account Number and Name of Bank
Basic Orphans Pension
- Birth Certificate of orphan
- Death Certificate of parents
- National Identity Card of deceased parents
- Bank Account Number and name of bank of guardian
- Certificate of School Attendance for orphans aged 15+
Guardian Allowance
- Birth Certificate
- National Identity Card
- Bank Account Number and Name of bank
Child allowance
- Birth Certificate
- Attendance certificate from colleges for children aged 15 or more
Carer’s Allowance (SH) (ABIP)
- Pensions Card
- Birth Certificate
- National Identity Card
- Marriage Certificate
- Medical Evidence
- Proxy’s National Identity Card
Social Aid
- Birth Certificate of all family members
- Marriage certificate, if any
- National Identity Card
- Prescription (spectacles)
- Audiogram + Medical Certificate (Hearing Aids)
- Medical Certificate (Wheelchairs)
- Documentary evidence of family income
- Quotations from registered suppliers
National Savings Fund
- Birth Certificate
- Marriage certificate (for married woman)
- National Identity Card
- Bank Account Number and name of bank
- A certificate of retirement from employer
In case contributor has passed away:
- Death Certificate
- An affidavit establishing the heirs of the deceased (where an employee dies before reaching retirement age)
- Civil Status documents of heirs
Contributory Pensions
- Birth Certificate
- National Identity Card
- Marriage Certificate (for married women)
- Bank account number and name of bank in Mauritius
- Death Certificate of spouse (for contributory Widows pension)
- Death certificate of parents (for contributory Orphans pension)
- Bank account number and name of bank of guardian, if any (For contributory Orphans pension)
Our Motto
Maintain the Basic Well-Being and Protection of the People we Serve
Contact us
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Phone
Port Mathurin
PABX +230 831 0888, 831 0776
Malabar
+230 831 4428
Grande Montagne
+230 832 4913
La Ferme
+230 831 7248
Welfare and Elderly Persons Protection Unit
+230 832 0315
