Non-refundable Aid Is Offered For Victims Of The Covid-19 Health Crisis

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Ruth Amaral Aguiar

Research Intern - Global Human Rights Defence

Madagascar's National Social Security Fund (CNaPS) announced a non-refundable grant of 175,000 ariary - monetary unit of the country - to the 16,000 affiliated workers who lost their jobs between January 1 and August 31, 2021. However, to benefit from the aid, the former employees must have paid the last two quarters of contributions and regularize their situation with CNaPS. The new provision will cost around 2.8 billion ariary to the institution, which had already helped the members financially in 2020 when the pandemic burst in the country.  

In Madagascar, the percentage of people benefiting from a social security scheme is very low:  less than 10% of the working population benefits from the Civil and Military Retirement Fund (CRCM) or the Retirement Provident Fund (CPR) for civil servants or CNaPS.  There are just 45,140 registered companies and 678,927 workers affiliated to the CNaPS. However, there are about 315,000 enterprises of all sizes as well as 4 million workers, exposing the few people that are affiliates to these kinds of funds.

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Mandimbisoa R. (2021, September 7). Des aides non remboursables pour les victimes de la crise sanitaire – Madagascar-Tribune.com. Retrieved September 7, 2021, from Madagascar-Tribune.com website: https://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Des-aides-non-remboursables-pour-les-victimes-de-la-crise-sanitaire.html