Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils

Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government

පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed	1931
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic 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 / 6.9191667; 79.8598333
Annual budget	LKR 169 billion (2016, recurrent) LKR 69 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	Faiszer Musthapha, Minister of 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 Provincial Councils and Local Government (Sinhala: පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය Palāth Sabha hā Palāth Pālana Amathyanshaya; Tamil: 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. The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Faiszer Musthapha. The State Minister for the ministry, Piyankara Jayaratne, resigned in 2016. The ministry's secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri. The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution.

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