{"id":5376,"date":"2026-02-09T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5376"},"modified":"2026-07-06T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:03:28","slug":"_pb05-childs-allowance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5376","title":{"rendered":"_pb05 Child\u2019s Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Pensions & Benefits<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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<\/i>Basic Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Basic Retirement Pension<\/a>Widow\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s pension<\/a>Guardian\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Child\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Basic Pension<\/a>Disability Allowance<\/a><\/span>
Carer\u2019s Allowance<\/a>Inmate\u2019s Allowance<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Contributory Pensions<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Contributory Retirement Pension<\/a>Invalid\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widows\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Widower\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>Orphan\u2019s Contributory Pension<\/a>NSF Lumpsum<\/a>Transition Unemployment Benefit<\/a>Portable Retirement Gratuity Fund<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Compensation to injured workers<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Disablement Benefit<\/a><\/p>

Survivor\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Dependant\u2019s Pension<\/a><\/p>

Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a><\/p>

Retirement Benefits<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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<\/i>Continuation of Benefits<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>

Studies Abroad<\/a><\/p>

Medical Treatment Abroad<\/a><\/p>

One off Exemption for stay abroad<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Child\u2019s Allowance - CA<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Amount payable as from July 2024 \u2013 Rs 2,500<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Child\u2019s Allowance is payable to beneficiaries drawing a Basic Retirement\u00a0 Pension, Widow’s Basic pension, an Invalid’s Basic Pension or\/and a Survivor’s Pension provided that the child:
    1. Is of legitimate, natural, stepchild or adopted;<\/li>
    2. Is living with and wholly or substantially maintained by the beneficiary;<\/li>
    3. Is born not later than 300 days after the death of the husband (in the case of a Widow\u2019s Basic or\/and Survivor\u2019s pension);<\/li>
    4. Is under the age of 15 or 20 if in full-time education or between 20 and 23 years old if pursuing a full\u2013time course at a Higher Education Institution registered under the Higher Education Act; and
      Must not be in receipt of an Orphan\u2019s or Invalid\u2019s Basic Pension.<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
    5. CA is payable in respect of each dependent child irrespective of the number of children.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      1. Birth Certificate of each child.<\/li>
      2. The National Identity Card No of children aged 18 or above.<\/li>
      3. Certificate of Attendance from Educational Institutions (for children aged 15 years or more).
        Bank Name and Bank Account Number \u2013 In case of a joint account, the National Identity Card(s) of Joint account holder(s) should be produced.<\/li>
      4. Passports (where applicable).<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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        Application must be registered at the Social Security Office nearest to the applicant’s locality.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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        Contact the Social Security Office nearest to your place of residence.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Pensions & Benefits Basic Pensions Basic Retirement PensionWidow\u2019s Basic PensionOrphan\u2019s pensionGuardian\u2019s AllowanceChild\u2019s AllowanceInvalid\u2019s Basic PensionDisability AllowanceCarer\u2019s AllowanceInmate\u2019s Allowance Contributory Pensions Contributory Retirement PensionInvalid\u2019s Contributory PensionWidows\u2019s Contributory PensionWidower\u2019s Contributory PensionOrphan\u2019s Contributory PensionNSF LumpsumTransition Unemployment BenefitPortable Retirement Gratuity Fund Compensation to injured workers Industrial Injury Allowance Disablement Benefit Survivor\u2019s Pension Dependant\u2019s Pension Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance Retirement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5376"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7826,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5376\/revisions\/7826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}