{"id":786,"date":"2023-11-29T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=786"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:05:58","slug":"wrpen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=786","title":{"rendered":"WRPen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Widow's Basic Pension - BWP (Payable under the National Pensions Act 1976)<\/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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Amount payable as from Jan 2026 – Rs 15555<\/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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The BWP is payable to a person who is residing in Mauritius provided that she<\/p>

  1. is a widow under pension age as per Tenth Schedule of the NP Act;<\/li>
  2. was civilly or religiously married;<\/li>
  3. has not contracted a subsequent civil or religious marriage;<\/li>
  4. In the case where both the widow and the late husband were non-citizens, the widow must have resided in Mauritius for at least 5 years in aggregate in the ten years preceding the claim, one of those five years being immediately before the claim; and<\/li>
  5. Payment of the pension ceases on re-marriage.<\/li>
  6. is not an inmate is a subsidised charitable or penal institution.<\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    1. Birth Certificates and National Identity Cards (for both applicant and deceased husband).<\/li>
    2. Marriage Certificate issued after death of late husband.<\/li>
    3. Marriage Certificate from Muslim Family Council (for religious marriage).<\/li>
    4. Death Certificate of late husband.<\/li>
    5. Bank Name and Bank Account Number. In the case of a joint account, the National Identity Card(s) of the Joint account holder(s) should be produced.<\/li><\/ol>
      1. Passport (both Mauritian and foreign).<\/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’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\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":"

        Widow’s Basic Pension – BWP (Payable under the National Pensions Act 1976) Amount payable as from Jan 2026 – Rs 15555 Eligibility The BWP is payable to a person who is residing in Mauritius provided that she is a widow under pension age as per Tenth Schedule of the NP Act; was civilly or religiously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786","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=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5664,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/786\/revisions\/5664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}