{"id":5380,"date":"2026-02-09T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5380"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:39:40","slug":"_pb07-disability-allowance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=5380","title":{"rendered":"_pb07 Disability 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>Additional Disability Allowance<\/a>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>\n\nDisablement Benefit<\/a>\n\nSurvivor\u2019s Pension<\/a>\n\nDependant\u2019s Pension<\/a>\n\nOrphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance<\/a>\n\nRetirement Benefits<\/a>\n\nDisability Allowance<\/a><\/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>\n\nMedical Treatment Abroad<\/a>\n\nOne off Exemption for stay abroad<\/a><\/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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Carer's Allowance<\/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 3500<\/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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To be in receipt of Basic Invalidity Pension or Basic Retirement Pension.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

  1. Having an incapacity of 60% or more and needing constant care and attention of another person.<\/li>
  2. Same to be certified by a Medical Board or Medical Officer of the Ministry.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    1. Birth Certificate.<\/li>
    2. Marriage Certificate, if applicable.<\/li>
    3. National Identity Card.<\/li>
    4. Medical Certificate.<\/li>
    5. National Identity card of Proxy.<\/li>
    6. Bank account number.\u00a0 If joint account, copy of NIC of joint holder to be produced.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      Application may be registered at the Social Security Office nearest to the applicant\u2019s locality.\u00a0<\/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 AllowanceAdditional Disability 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 workersIndustrial Injury Allowance Disablement Benefit Survivor\u2019s Pension Dependant\u2019s Pension Orphan\u2019s Industrial Injury Allowance […]<\/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-5380","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5380","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=5380"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6739,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5380\/revisions\/6739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}