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Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

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Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Sri Lanka

Headquarters
  
Independence Square, Colombo 07

Annual budget
  
Rs. 27 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 5 billion (2016, capital)

Minister responsible
  
Vajira Abeywardena, Minister of Home Affairs

Deputy Minister responsible
  
Nimal Lanza, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

Ministry executive
  
J. J. Rathnasiri, Secretary

The Ministry of Home Affairs is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's Byzantine administrative service including District Secretaries, Divisional Secretaries and Grama Niladhari (village officers). The current Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs are Vajira Abeywardena and Nimal Lanza respectively. The ministry's secretary is J. J. Rathnasiri.

Ministers

The Minister of Home Affairs is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

References

Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka) Wikipedia