Institutional & legal framework of two ministries further amended
July 9, 2021 01:41 pm
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette Extraordinary further amending the institutional and legal framework of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry Economic Policies and Plan Implementation.
As per the communiqué, published on Thursday (July 08), three institutions which were previously under the purview of the Finance Ministry have been listed under the Economic Policies and Plan Implementation Ministry.
Thereby, the Central Cultural Fund, the Buddha Sasana Fund and the Buddhist Renaissance Fund will now function under PM Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The prime minister was sworn in as the Minister of Economic Policies and Plan Implementation on Thursday, while new SLPP National List MP Basil Rajapaksa took oaths as the new Finance Minister of Sri Lanka.
The institutions gazetted under the Ministry Economic Policies and Plan Implementation are as follows:
1. National Planning Department
2. Department of Census and Statistics
3. Institute of Policy Studies
4. Sustainable Development Council
5. Office of Comptroller General
6. Department of Valuation
7. Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standard Monitoring Board
8. Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
9. Welfare Benefits Board
10. Public Service Mutual Provident Fund
11. Buddha Sasana Fund
12. Buddhist Renaissance Fund
13. Central Cultural Fund
Institutions listed under the Ministry Finance:
1. Treasury Affairs
i. General Treasury
ii. Department of Fiscal Policy
iii. Department of National Budget
iv. Department of Management Services
v. Department of External Resources
vi. Department of Public Finance
vii. Department of Treasury Operations
viii. Department of Public Accounts
ix. Department of Trade and Investment Policies
x. Department of Information Technology Management
xi. Department of Legal Affairs
xii. Department of Management Auditing
xiii. Department of Development Finance
2. Government Revenue Management Affairs
i. Department of Inland Revenue
ii. Sri Lanka Custom
