More benefits for Pensioners once backlog of applications are cleared – State Minister of Home Affairs

State Minister of Home Affairs Ashoka Priyantha replying to a query raised by a journalist at a press conference held at the Presidential Media Center today (16), said that the government hoped to provide more benefits to all government pensioners once the backlog of applications are cleared.

He said that the processing of applications  is being streamlined and at the moment it takes about three months before an applicant receives his or her pension. The State Minister said that the aim was to reduce the processing time to a week or two.