This Ministry, which ensures an efficient and effective service delivery for the benefit of all Government Institutions and Public Servants with much commitment and accountability from its establishment up to now and has been reshuffled as the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government on 09th August 2020, witnesses a proud of history of 84 year. The Ministry, which had been maintained as a Department under the Ministry of Finance before year 1931, has faced numerous transformations under different Governments elected after Dhonoughmore Reforms, is at present performing an excellent service in the field of public administration.

The State Ministry of the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government, which looks forward under the leadership of Hon. Janaka Bandara Thennakoon as the Minister in Charge of the Subject from 09the August 2020, is State Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government.

The Ministry, which is treated as the ‘Mahagedara of all public servants’ (Main Center) proves its utmost commitment to ensure every possible effort to make the ‘Vision of vistas and splendor’ a reality whilst formulating policies for the public service and providing necessary directions to the public service and in the meantime Mr. J.J. Rathnasisiri, Secretary of the Ministry, shoulders the responsibility for the provision of leadership to the Ministry.

One of the main responsibilities of the Ministry is the formulation of administrative provisions and regulations in order to assure an excellent service delivery to the General Public paying special concern to the uniformity, fairness and efficiency. For this purpose, the Ministry performs tasks such as preparation of Establishments Code and related Public Administration Circulars, making necessary revisions to the same and submission of observations where ever necessary. Formulation and interpretation of policies at national level on the affairs connected to public services, and provision of necessary guidelines are also among the significant tasks of entrusted to the Ministry. This way the Ministry builds and manages the functions of whole public service ensuring a more productive service delivery.

Further the management of human resources of public service in more effective way with the administration of All Island Services and Combined Services in order to achieve national development goals is also one of the main role expected from the Ministry.

• Past Ministers of the Ministry
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Institutions, which are under the Ministry

1. Department of Pensions
2. The Public Service Mutual Provident Association
3. Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
4. Distance Learning Center Limited
5. Department of Official Languages
6. Official Languages Commission
7. National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka
8. National Institute of Language Education and Training

Objectives

• Formulation of productive public policies on recruitments, remuneration and other service conditions in the human resource management of public service.
• Changing attitudes and expectations of the employees in public service in order to make positive responses to the requirements of general public.
• Formulation and implementation of new management structure in order to enhance productivity and quality of public service.
• Establishment and sharing of code of ethics. (Result oriented attitudes, accountability, proper use of resources, impartiality, transparency, etc)
• Provision of facilities for training programmes and identification of training requirement for conducting training programmes.
• Formulation and implementation of pension programmes with a view to provide remedial measures for issues relating to pension.
• Preparation of a framework for institutional development of public sector with the capacity for the achievement of targets and development targets and priorities.
• Promoting the implementation of information and communication technology to enhance the productivity and quality of the service delivery.
• Enhancement of the skills of the staff in public service.
• Enhancement, development and implementation of guidelines in order to simplify the systems and reformulation of processes to work with the changing environment.

Scope

Ensuring an excellent service delivery to the General Public minimizing the differences observed at provincial and divisional levels with a view to provide an optimum service to recipients avoiding duplication of tasks with the help of new strategies in information and communication technology and making a full scale capacity development in all public services.