Income Support to persons not eligible for the Basic Retirement Pension (BRP)

Application for Income Support to persons not eligible for the Basic Retirement Pension (BRP)

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Following changes brought to the National Pensions Act, the age at which a person is eligible to the Basic Retirement Pension (BRP) has been extended from 60 years to 65 years in a phased manner.

As from 1 September 2025, the eligibility age for BRP has been extended to 61 years and as from 1 September 2026 the eligibility age has been extended to 62 years. Persons reaching 60 years as from 1 September 2029 will be eligible to BRP as from the age 65.

The Government of the Republic of Mauritius has decided to provide, subject to applicable condition based on income, a monthly Income Support of Rs 10,000 to those individuals who will no longer be eligible to the BRP with an additional equivalent amount, as bonus, payable in December.

The Mauritius Revenue Authority has been entrusted with the responsibility to put in place a system for the payment of the Income support to eligible persons.

Eligible Persons

The income support will be provided to an eligible citizen or a non-citizen individual who –

  1. reaches the age of 60 years or above in that month but is below the pension age; and

  2. derives an income in that month not exceeding 10,000 rupees in the case of an individual who is single; or

  3. derives together with his spouse an aggregate income in that month not exceeding 20,000 rupees.

Eligible citizen refers to a Mauritian Citizen who has resided in Mauritius for at least 12 years in aggregate since his 18th birthday.

Eligible non-citizen individual refers to an individual who has resided in Mauritius for more than 15 years since his 40th birthday including 3 years immediately preceding the month for which the Income Support is applied for.

Monthly Income

For the purpose of this income support, monthly income includes emoluments (net of exempt emoluments), income from business or profession and other income but excludes the aggregate amount received as listed below –

  1. exempt income;

  2. basic retirement pension and invalid’s basic pension under the National Pensions Act;

  3. disability allowance under the Social Contribution and Social Benefits Act 2021;

  4. other social benefits paid by the Ministry responsible for the subject of social security;

  5. income support paid;

  6. lump sum payment by way of commutation of pension or by way of death gratuity or as consolidated compensation for death or injury and paid –

    • by virtue of any enactment;

    • from a superannuation fund; and

    • under a personal pension scheme approved by the Director-General;

  7. lump sum under the National Pensions Act of the National Savings Fund Act;

  8. retiring allowance;

  9. severance allowance determined in accordance with the Workers’ Rights Act 2019; and

  10. compensation negotiated in accordance with the Workers’ Rights Act 2019;

Persons not eligible for the Income Support

  1. An individual who benefits in that month from a basic retirement pension, a widow’s basic pension or an invalid’s basic pension.

  2. Individuals who do not meet the appropriate residence qualifications as per below:

    • a citizen who have resided in Mauritius for at least 12 years in aggregate since his 18th birthday;

    • a non-citizen who has resided in Mauritius for at least 15 years in aggregate since his 40th birthday, including 3 years immediately preceding the month for which the Income Support is applied for.

  3. An individual who is an inmate of a charitable institution in accordance with section 10 of the National Pensions Act;

  4. An individual who is serving a term of imprisonment or detained in legal custody;

  5. An individual who is hospitalised at the cost of Government for a period exceeding 3 months;

  6. An individual who is absent from Mauritius for more than 6 months in any 12-month period, except for medical treatment as authorised by the Ministry responsible for the subject of health but where a citizen is temporarily absent from Mauritius for a continuous period not exceeding 6 months, such absence shall be disregarded.

Duration of the Income Support

Based on when you are reaching 60 years old:

Reaching 60 years old between Duration of Support
1 Sep 2025 to 31 Aug 2026 1 Year
1 Sep 2026 to 31 Aug 2027 2 Years
1 Sep 2027 to 31 Aug 2028 3 Years
1 Sep 2028 to 31 Aug 2029 4 Years
1 Sep 2029 onwards 5 Years

Method of application

  1. An eligible individual is required to submit a one-time application by providing information on his/her monthly income after reaching the age of 60 years, to the best of his/her judgement and in good faith, marital status and his his/her bank account details in order to benefit from the income support by using the facility available on the MRA website.

  2. An individual must ensure that he has the following at hand:

    1. His National Identification Card (NIC) or Non-Citizen Identity Card (NCID);

    2. His mobile phone; and

    3. His Bank account details.

  3. An eligible individual will login with his/her NIC/NCID and mobile number.

  4. An individual should provide his own bank account details. Under no circumstance should a person provide the bank details of another person. Where a person is not holder of a bank account, he should open a bank account and thereafter provide his bank details.

  5. A one-time password (OTP) will be sent on the mobile phone number provided and the OTP will have to be entered in order to proceed with the application.

  6. Late submission of the bank details may delay the payment of the Allowance and the Allowance will be paid for the last 3 months where an application has been made for the first time.

Amendment to application

Where there has been a change in the circumstances of a beneficiary of the income support which may result in the beneficiary to be no longer eligible for the income support, the beneficiary shall notify the Director-General of such change not later than 14 days from its occurrence.

Click here for submit an amendment to an application already submitted

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General information before making an application:

  • Individuals are recommended to use a recent version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as browser to file the application.

  • Kindly note that it is the individual’s responsibility to make a correct and complete application.

  • Please ensure that you provide the name of the declarant, email address and telephone number as they will be used by MRA to communicate with you.

  • On successful submission of the application an acknowledgement message will be displayed on your screen followed by a confirmation email on the email address provided.

Support services

Individual who are not able to apply are requested to send an email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

MRA Help Desk service on 207 6000 is also available during office hours from 08 45 to 16 30 on working days to assist employers.

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