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Ministries and subjects: Who’s responsible for what?

Significant changes have taken place with the creation of the new Cabinet, with Ministries assuming new functions and ministry subjects coming under different ministries. The following is a list of the main government institutions and departments and the ministries they come under.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa
DEFENCE
Army, Navy, Air Force
Department of Immigration
& Emigration
Department of Registration
of Persons Police /
Civil Security / Coast Guard
Sir John Kotelawela
Defence University
Defence Services Command & Staff College
Ranaviru Seva Authority
Defence Service School
Lanka Logistics Ltd.
National Dangerous Drugs Control Board
Secretariat for Non Governmental
Organisations
Rakna Arakshana Lanka Ltd.
National Cadet Corps
National Defence Fund
State Intelligence Service
UDA
Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development
Corporation
FINANCE
Treasury, Departments of National Planning,
Fiscal Policy,
External Resources, National Budget,
Public Enterprises,
Management Services,
Development Finance.
Trade, Traffic & Investment policy,
Public Finance,
Legal Affairs,
Inland Revenue,
Customs.
Excise,
Import & Export,
Treasury Operations,
State Accounts,
Valuation,
Census & Statistics,
Management Audit,
Foreign Aid & Budget Monitoring,
National Operations Room,
Accounting & Auditing Standards Monitoring
Board,
Institute of Government Accounts & Finance,
Central Bank,
Securities & Exchange Commission,
Insurance Board,
Public Utilities Commission,
Credit Information Bureau,
ETF,
National Insurance Trust Fund,
National Development Trust Fund,
National Lotteries Board,
Development Lotteries Board,
All State banks & their subsidiaries &
associates etc.,
Agriculture & Agrarian Insurance Board,
Export Credit Insurance Corporation,
Lady Lochore Fund,
Social Security Board,
Strike, Riot, Civil Commotion &
Terrorism Fund,
Local Loans & Development Fund,
Rural Resuscitation Fund,
Rural Economic Resuscitation fund
(Finance) and
Jana Diriya Fund (Gramodya Mandalaya find)
HIGHWAYS
RDA & its subsidies & associations,
Road Development Fund
PORTS & AVIATION
Civil Aviation Authority
Ports Authority & its subsidiaries &
associates
Central Freight Bureau
Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd &
its subsidiaries & associates
Director General’s Office of Merchants
Shipping
Dept. of Coast Conservation
Airport & Aviation Services (SL Ltd)
SriLankan Airlines Ltd & subsidiaries
Mihin Lanka (pvt) Ltd

D.M. Jayaratna

PRIME MINISTER, BUDDHA SASANA& RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

Dept of Buddhist Affairs
Dept of Muslim Religious &
Cultural Affairs
Dept of Christian Religious Affairs
Hindu Cultural Affairs
Public Trustee

Arumugam Thondaman

LIVESTOCK & RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Dept of Animal Production and
Health, National Livestock
Development Board
Sri Lanka – Libya Agriculture
& Livestock , Dev. Co.
Kiriya Milk Industries of Lanka (pvt) Ltd.
Milk Industries of Lanka Co.
Mahaweli Livestock Enterprise Co. Ltd.
Thondaman Foundation, Rural Community
Development, Plantation Housing
Development Trust, Estate Section Self
Employment Revolving Fund

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMS -

National Administrative
Reforms Council

Prof. Tissa Vitarana

Technology & Research Institute of Policy Studies

National Research Council
Institute of Fundamental Studies
National Engineering Research &
Development Centre
National Science Foundation
National Science & Technology Commission
Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment
Sri Lanka Standards Institute
Planetarium, Institute of Technical Science
Inventors Commission, Inventors’ Fund
Inst. of Technology Parks
Arthur C. Clarke Centre
Industrial Technology Institute

S. B. Dissanayake

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION UCG

All Universities coming under
purview of UGC
All Post Graduate Institutes &
other institutes
coming under UGC
Buddha Sravaka Bhikku University
Buddhist & Pali University
Institute of Adv. Technological Education
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
& all IT centres

Keheliya Rambukwella

MASS MEDIA & INFORMATION

Dept. of Information
Dept of the Govt. Printer
Sri Lanka Press Council
SLBC / SLRC / ITN
State Printing Corporation / ANCL
Lanka Puwath Ltd,
Celecine, Television Institute, Creative HElanka
Ltd., National Film Corporation, Television
Training, Institute, Mahinda Rajapaksa
National, Telecinema Park

Nimal Siripala de Silva

IRRIGATION & WATER MANAGEMENT -

Dept of Irrigation, Mahaweli
Authority, & its subsidiaries
CECB, Mahaweli Irrigation
Dev. Programme
Water Resources Board

A. H. M. Fowzie

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

National Disaster Management
Council Disaster
Management Centre
NBRO, National Disaster Relief
Services Centre
Met. Department

Wimal Weerawansa

Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities

Dept of Buildings
Govt. factory
Dept of National Physical Planning
Institute of Construction,
Training and Development
State Engineering Corp.
State Development and
Construction Corp
Condominium Management Authority
National Housing Development (NHDA)
Devco Showa (pvt) Ltd.
Centre for housing Planning and Building
National Equipment and Machinery Org.
Urban Settlement Development Authority

Champika Ranawaka

Power and Energy Sustainable Energy Authority

CEB
Atomic Energy Authority
Lanka Electricity Company
Lanka Coal Company (pvt) Ltd
LTL Holding (pvt) Ltd

Basil Rajapaksa

Economic Development

Dept of National Zoological Gardens
Dept. of National Botanical Gardens
Department of Commissioner
Gen. of Samurdhi
Samurdhi Authority
Dept of Up-Country Peasantry
Rehabilitation
Dept of Wild Life Conservation
BOI
Tourism Promotion Bureau
Tourism Development Authority
Convention Bureau
Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management
Southern development Authority
Uda Rata Development Authority
All Regional Development Programmes

G.L.Peiris

External Affairs

Diplomatic Mission Abroad
Indian Ocean Marine Affairs
Corp.
Foreign Employment bureau
Foreign Employment Agency

John Seneviratne

Public Administration and Home Affairs

Dept of Pensions
Registrar-General’s Dept
All District Secretaries
All Divisional Secretaries
Institute of Development
Administration

Maithripala Sirisena

HEALTH

Dept of Health Services,
Sri J’pura hospital,
Wijaya Kumaratunga
Memorial Hospital,
National Authority on Tobaaco,
SPC,
SP & Manufacturing Corporation ,
All national hospitals,
National Health Council
MRI, National Institute of Health Science
Ashroff Memorial Hospital
School of Medical Lab Technology
SLMC
National Health Dev. Fund
Private Medical Inst. Council

Susil Premajayantha

PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES

CPC
Ceylon Petroleum Storage
Terminal Ltd.

Dinesh Gunawardena

WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE

National Water Supply and
Drainage Board

Douglas Devananda

TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES & SMALL ENTERPRISES

National Design Centre
National Craft Council
IDB
SME Venture Capital Co.
SOME Authority
Palmyra Development Board
Elephant Pass Salter

A. L. M. Athaulla

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & PROVINCIAL COUNCILS

Sri Lanka Institute of Local Government

P. Dayaratne

STATE RESOURCES & Enterprise Development

Sri Lanka Rubber Marketing &
Export Corporation
BCC, Kantale Sugar Co.
Hingurana Sugar Industries
SL Sugar Co., Janatha Estate Development Board
Chilaw Plantations, Elkaduwa plantations
Sri Lanka State Plantations , Kurunegala Plantations
Salusala, Ceramics Corporation
Lanka Phosphate, Lanka Sack Makers Ltd
Paranthan Chemicals , National Paper Co.
Mineral Sands Co., Wanni Tiles Lanka Cement Ltd.
Sri Lanka Cement Corporation, Lanka Fabrics Ltd.
Kahagolla Engineering Services Co. Ltd
Werahera Engineering Services Ltd.
Cashew Corporation

Sumedha Jayasena

PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Milroy Fernando

MINISTRY OF RESETTLEMENT

Resettlement Authority

Pavithra Wanniarachchi

NATIONAL HERITAGE & CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Department of Cultural Affairs
Archaeology Department
Museums
National Archives
Tower Hall
Central Cultural Fund
Galle Heritage Foundation
PPB
Gramodaya Folks Arts Centre
National Performing Arts Centre
National Arts Council

Kumara welgama

Transport

Railways, Motor Traffic, National Transport Commission, Central Transport Board.

Anura Priyadarshana Yapa

ENVIRONMENT

Department of Forests
Central Environment
Authority
Geo. Survey & Mines
Pelipto Lanka Ltd
GSMB Tech Services
STC
Gem & Jwellery Research Institute
Lanka Timber Plant & Industries

Tissa Karaliyadda

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & WOMEN’S AFFAIRS

Probation & Child Care
Child Protection Authority
Children Secretariat
Seva Sarana Foster
Parent Scheme
Women’s Bureau
National Committee on Women

Athauda Seneviratne

JUSTICE

Debt Conciliation Board
Government Analyst
Registrar of Supreme Court
Law Commission
Supreme Court Complex Board
Legal Aid Commission
Mediation Boards Commission

Bandula Gunawardena

EDUCATION

Department of Examinations
Department of Educational
Publications
National Institute of
Educational Publications
NIE
National Book Development Council
National Library
Directorate of Education
NATE
Colleges of Education
Teachers colleges
UNESCO
Pirivena Education Board

Mahinda Samarasinghe

PLANTATION INDUSTRIES

Department of Rubber
Development
National Institute of
Plantation Management
CCB
CDA
Tea Small Holdings Development Authority
Tea Board
Tea & Rubber Estates
Tea Shakthi Fund
Kalubo-Vitiana Tea Factory
Thuru Saviya Fund
TRI
CRI
RRI
Sugar Cane Research Institute

Dr. Rajitha Senaratne

FISHERIES & AQUATIC RESOURCES

Department of Fisheries
Aquatic Development
Authority
Ceylon Fishery Harbours
Corporation
C/Nor Foundation
Fisheries Corporation
National Aquatic Resources Research &
Development

Piyasena Gamage

INDIGENOUS MEDICINE

Ayurveda Department
Sri Lanka Ayurveda Drugs
Corporation
Ayurveda Medical Council
Ayurveda College & Hospital Board
Homeopathy Hospital
Homo. Medical Council
Ayurveda Teaching Hospitals

Janaka Bandara Tennakoon

LANDS & LAND DEVELOPMENT

Land Commissioner General
Land Settlement Department
Department of Surveyor General
ISM, Land Survey Councils

Felix Perera

SOCIAL SERVICES

Department of Social Services
Secretariat for Elders,
Disable Persons
National Institute for Social
Development

Jeewan Kumaratunga

Posts & Telecommunication Dep. Posts
SLT Ltd/ subsidiaries and associates

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena

AGRICULTURE

Department of Agriculture
Department of Agrarian Services
Department Export Agriculture
Hadabima
Fertiliser Co.
Col. Commercial Co
Fertiliser Secretariat
Thamankaduwa Fertiliser Co.
Janatha Fertiliser Ltd
Sri Lanka National Freedom from Huger Campaign
Pulses & Grain Research Authority
Hector Kobbekaduwa R & Tr. Inst.
SL Council for Agricultural Research Policy
Vegetable Development Board
Fruit Development. Board
Institute of Post Harvest Technology

Johnston Fernando

Co-operatives & Internal Trade

Dep. Measurement Units,
Standards and Services
Dep. Food Commissioner
Dep. Co-operative Development
and Co-operative Employees
Commission
Internal Trade Dep.
Paddy Marketing Board
Food Procurement and Monitoring Unit
Consumer Affairs Authority
Nat. Inst. Co-operative Development
Lanka Sathosa and Lanka General Trading
Company Ltd
Building Materials Corp
Co-op Wholesale Establishment and Regional
Economic Centres

Dullas Alahaperuma

Youth Affairs

Dep. Technical Education and
Training
Tertiary & Vocational Edu.Com mission & Vocational
Training Authority of SL
Nat. Inst. Technical Edu/ Busniess Management/
Printers
Nat. Apprenticeship and Industrial Training
Authority
Skills Development Fund Ltd. and Ingrin Inst.
Printing and Graphics Ltd
Nat. Youth Services Council/ Youth Corps/ Youth
Employment Network
International Centre for Training of Rural Leaders
Youth Welfare Fund
National Youth Awards Authority and National
Youth Services Cooperative Ltd.
Ocean University, Ceylon German Tech
Rural Development Training and Research Inst.
HR Development Council

C.B.Ratnayaka

Sports

Dep. Sports Development
Sugathadasa Nat. Sports
Complex Authority
Nat. Inst. Sports Science
Nat. Sports Council
School of Sports

S.B.Nawinna

National Languages & Social Integration

Dep. Official Languages
Commission of Official Languages
Nat. Inst. Language
Education Training

Gamini Lokuge

Labour Relations & Productivity Improvement

Dep. Labour/ Manpower and
Employment
Nat. Inst. Labour Studies
Employees Provident Fund
Nat. Inst. Occupational Health and
Safety Development
Office of the Commissioner of Workmen’s
Compensation
Shrama Vasana Fund
SL Jobs Net Ltd., Productivity Sec
Unemployment Benefit Insurance Scheme

D.E.W.Gunasekara

Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms

Dept of Prisons
Community Based Correction
Dept , Training Schools for
Youthful Offenders,
Commissioner Gen of
Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation of Persons,
Properties and Industries Authority

Rishard Bathiyutheen

Industry and Commerce

Dept of Commerce
Registrar of Companies
National Intellectual Property Office
Export Development Board
National Enterprise Development Authority
Clothing Industry Training Institute
Institute of Textile and Apparel
Textile Quota Board
Textile Service Training Centre
Bogala Graphite Lanka Ltd.
Kahatagaha Graphite
Lanka Leyland Ltd.
Textile Mills Emporium Ltd.
Dept of Textile Industries
Thulhiriya Textile Mills Ltd.
Lanka Ashok Leyland Ltd., Mantai Salt Ltd.

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