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Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka)

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Sri Lanka

Headquarters
  
Govijana Mandiraya, 80/5 Rajamalwatta Avenue, Battaramulla, Colombo

Annual budget
  
Rs. 50 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 4 billion (2016, capital)

Minister responsible
  
Duminda Dissanayake, Minister of Agriculture

Deputy Minister responsible
  
Wasantha Aluvihare, State Minister of Agriculture

Ministry executive
  
B. Wijayaratne, Secretary

The Ministry of Agriculture is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for agriculture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Agriculture and State Minister of Agriculture are Duminda Dissanayake and Wasantha Aluvihare respectively. The ministry's secretary is B. Wijayaratne.

Ministers

The Minister of Agriculture is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

References

Ministry of Agriculture (Sri Lanka) Wikipedia