Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government

Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය; பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	1931
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	330 Union Place, Colombo 2; 6°55′09.00″N 79°51′35.40″E / 6.9191667°N 79.8598333°E
Annual budget	LKR 169 billion (2016, recurrent); LKR 69 billion (2016, capital);
Minister responsible	Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government;
Ministry executive	H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri, Ministry Secretary;
Child agencies	Local Loans and Development Fund; Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance;
Website	lgpc.gov.lk

The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government^[2] (Sinhala: රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන, ස්වදේශ කටයුතු, පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: பொதுநிருவாக, உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview.^[3] The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Dinesh Gunawardena.^[1] The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri.^[4] The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution.^[5]^[6]

^ ^a ^b "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.
^ "Draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution to be debated in Parliament". News24.lk. News24 Sri Lanka. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ Senadhira, Sugeeswara (26 October 2015). "A parliament of people's will..." ceylontoday.lk. Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[minister-1] "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

[2] "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

[3] "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1933/13. 21 September 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.

[5] "Draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution to be debated in Parliament". News24.lk. News24 Sri Lanka. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[6] Senadhira, Sugeeswara (26 October 2015). "A parliament of people's will..." ceylontoday.lk. Ceylon Today. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

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