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Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka Headquarters 7th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Stage II, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Annual budget Rs. 17 billion (2016, recurrent)
Rs. 42 billion (2016, capital) Minister responsible Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Deputy Minister responsible Ashoka Abeysinghe, Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry executive Nihal Somaweera, Secretary | ||
The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview. The ministry manages the country's railways, public bus transport system and civil aviation. The ministry is not responsible for roads, ports and shipping - these come under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways and Ministry of Ports and Shipping respectively. The current Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation are Nimal Siripala de Silva and Ashoka Abeysinghe respectively. The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.
Ministers
The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.