Title:  Basic Invalid Pension - Number of beneficiaries by age-group, amount paid and rate per month, Republic of Mauritius, 1995 - 2017

Description:

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.

Mn means Million

From 2010 to 2014, "Number of beneficiaries" relates to December (instead of June for the other years) and "Amount paid" refers to Calendar year (January to December) instead of Financial year (July to June)for the other years.													

Data for Age Group 0-14 Years - 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													

Amount Paid include Carer's Allowance for Basic Invalid's Pensioner and Child's allowances													

Rate per month - As from 2010, rates are fixed on 1st January of each year instead of 1st July for the previous years													

Blank Rows means data not available

Themes: Social Security

Publishing Body:Statistics Mauritius

Tags:Invalid, Pension, Republic of Mauritius

Contact Email:cso-socsecurity@govmu.org

Last Update:24th April 2020