Government Wage Assistance Scheme and Self-Employed Assistance Scheme extended for May 2021

The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) shall provide financial assistance for the month of May 2021 to employers and self-employed individuals under the Wage Assistance Scheme and the Self-Employed Assistance Scheme.

Read the communique here.

Tourism Sector

All operators of the tourism sector in Mauritius and Rodrigues shall obtain financial assistance under the Wage Assistance Scheme and the Self-Employed Assistance Scheme for the month of May 2021, in full.

All Other Sectors

The MRA shall provide financial assistance under the Self-Employed Assistance Scheme and the Wage Assistance Scheme to businesses conducting the following business activities and which could not operate during the month of May 2021:

1. Fitness centres and Professional Sports;

2. Horse racing bookmakers (outlets), casinos and gaming houses;

3. Leisure parks, amusement centres, including aquariums;

4. Multi-purpose halls, including wedding halls, theatres and cinema halls;

5. Nightclubs licensed by the Tourism Authority, and bars;

6. Self-employed individuals who are –

(i) Stallholders in markets that remained closed;

(ii) Haberdashers operating in a market;

(iii) Hawkers not allowed to operate;

(iv) Artists.

Businesses in red zones and not allowed to operate

Businesses (employers and self-employed) in Rivière des Anguilles, Batimarais, St Aubin, Tyack, Benares, Camp Diable and Bonne Terre shall obtain financial assistance.

It shall be noted that markets, shopping malls, hypermarkets, supermarkets, superettes, meat/poultry/fish shops, food retail shops, retail shops (magasins), hardware shops (quincailleries) were allowed to operate in red zones.

Operators in the Gaming Sector

Employers (horse racing organisers, bookmakers conducting fixed odds bets on horse racing through remote communication and totalisator operators of horse racing by remote communication) shall obtain financial assistance for half a month under the Wage Assistance Scheme.

How To Apply

Eligible employers are required to submit a fresh application.

Self-employed individuals who are eligible for Self-Employed Assistance Scheme as operators in the red zones are required to submit a fresh application on the MRA website. All other eligible self-employed individuals are not required to submit fresh applications.