{"id":804,"date":"2023-12-01T06:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T06:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=804"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:52:20","slug":"childs-allowance-ca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/?page_id=804","title":{"rendered":"Child\u2019s Allowance – CA"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\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 July 2024 – Rs 2500<\/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\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":"

        Child\u2019s Allowance – CA Amount payable as from July 2024 – Rs 2500 Eligibility 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: Is of legitimate, natural, stepchild or adopted; Is living with and wholly or substantially maintained […]<\/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-804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804","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=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4448,"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/804\/revisions\/4448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialsecurity.govmu.org\/socialsecurity\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}