Departments and Statutory Institutions

Subjects and Functions

 


General Information

 

Ministers:

His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Minister of Finance and Planning

Tel: 94-11-2484798

Fax: 94-11-2422507

 

     
 

Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, MP

Minister of Finance and State Revenue (Non Cabinet)

Tel: 94-11-2484507
Fax: 94-11-2421474

 

     

Ministry Office:

Ministry of Finance and Planning

The Secretariat,

Colombo 01.

Tel: 94-11-2484500/600/700

Fax: 94-11-2449823

E-mail: mfsa@sltnet.lk

Web: www.treasury.gov.lk

 

Secretary:

Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe

Tel: 94-11-2484510, 2484511
Fax: 94-11-2433349

E-mail: st@sltnet.lk

 

 

 

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Departments and Statutory Institutions

  • General Treasury

  • Department of National Budget 

  • Department of Fiscal Policy  

  • Department of National Planning

  • Department of Management Services

  • Department of State Accounts

  • Department of Public Finance

  • Department of Treasury Operation

  • Department of External Resources

  • Department of Development Finance

  • Department of Public Enterprises

  • Department of Trade, Tariff and Investment Policy

  • Department of Census and Statistics

  • Department of Inland Revenue

  • Sri Lanka Customs

  • Department of Excise

  • Department of Valuation

  • Central Bank of Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing

  • Standards Monitoring Board

  • Insurance Board of Sri Lanka

  • Lady Lochore Fund

  • Strike, Riot, Civil Commotion and Terrorism Fund

  • Development Lotteries Board

  • National Lotteries Board

  • Bank of Ceylon

  • People’s Bank

  • National Savings Bank

  • Employees Trust Fund

  • State Mortgage and Investment Bank

  • Regional Development Banks

  • Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company

  • Credit Information Bureau   

  • National Development Trust Fund

  • Securities and Exchange Commission of  Sri Lanka

  • Welfare Benefits Board

  • Public Enterprise Reforms Commission (PERC)

  • Department of Import and Export Control

  • Housing Development Finance

  • Corporation Bank (HDFCB)

  • Lanka Putra Development Bank

  • SME Bank

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Subjects and Functions

  • Formulation and implementation of economic policies with emphasis on fiscal policy

  • Formulation of the National Budget

  • Imposition of Taxes

  • Conducting of Public Expenditure Management

  • Government Revenue and Receipts

  • Custodian Management of the Consolidated Fund

  • Cadre Management and Advisory Services on fixing of salaries

  • Co-ordination of  public and private sector activities for economic development

  • Co-ordination of  economic policy in relation to international economic agencies

  • Collection, compilation, analyses  and dissemination  of statistics

  • Liaison with Donor Agencies and international financial institutions

  • Financial reserves of the government          

  • Monetary Law Act                

  • International Financial Relations

  • Finance Act

  • Government Financial Regulations

  • Financial Relations between Government and Provincial Councils and Local Authorities

  • Overseeing of Departmental and other public funds         

  • Accounting systems in Government

  • Departments’ Statutory fees and charges

  • Security of Public Officers’ Government Insurance Fund

  • Contracts and Extra contractual payments in  the public sector

  • Delegation of financial responsibility Claims against the State

  • Treasury Minutes on reports of the Public Accounts Committee

  • Insurance on Government Contracts                       

  • Financial business with Agents and Embassies abroad

  • Refunds from Revenue         

  • Receipts to and Payments from the Consolidated

  • Fund and other funds.

  • Imprests, Advances and deposits from the Treasury

  • Bringing to account transactions of all departments

  • Receipts and payments on behalf of other Governments.  

  • Preparation and Publication of the accounts of the Government.             

  • State Accounts

  • Sanction of Official Bank Accounts

  • Custody of Duplicate Keys of Government safes

  • Cash and Bank balances of Government

  • Classification of receipts of Government

  • Government Investments

  • Loans to Corporations, Bank Guarantees to  Government Departments, State Corporations  and Boards

  • Fixing the dates for the payments of salaries

  • Payments outside the Island

  • Accounting of Foreign Aid

  • Authorised deductions on pay abstracts

  • Payments of UK Army Pensions in Sri Lanka

  • Provident, Guarantee, Benevolent, Benefit and other funds relating to Government Officers

  • Public Debt

  • Financial relations between Government and Statutory Boards and Corporations

  • Appropriation of Profits of State Corporations

  • Repayment of loans to the Consolidated Fund

  • Financial Administration, Accounting and Reporting systems in State Corporations and Statutory Boards

  • All taxes and duties

  • Enforcement and administration of the Customs Ordinance

  • Customs Statistics

  • Enforcement of the Excise Ordinance

  • Valuation on behalf of Government, Local Government Bodies and State Corporations

  • Mobilization and Investment of domestic savings

  • Control of Insurance

  • Economic Reforms

  • Capital investment and Capital Structure of State Corporations and Boards

  • Foreign Aid and Technical Co-operation

  • Administration of all Lotteries

  • Control of imports and exports

 

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