With the rectification of pension anomalies, the payment of arrears of over half a million pensioners would be paid on the November 8 with the five months arrears, Public Administration Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara said. Speaking to the media at the Ministry, he said 95 per cent of pension payment anomalies had been removed and ready to pay their arrears from November. “More than 500,000 applications had already been processed. There were several issues on misplaced and destroyed documents due to floods. Those issues would also be rectified by November," the Minister said. The salary of a retired management assistant grade one has been increased by Rs.5,200 under the proposed new pension scheme. Pension of a teacher in grade one service would be increased by Rs.9,200 and the pension of a retired a nursing officer would be increased by Rs.9,200.