Ministry of Industries (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Industries
කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය
கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters73/1 Galle Road, Colombo 3
6°55′10″N 79°50′56″E / 6.919315°N 79.848821°E / 6.919315; 79.848821
Annual budget
  • LKR 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Thilaka Jayasundara, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Sugar (Private) Limited
  • Consumer Affairs Authority
  • Co-operative Employees Commission
  • Co-operative Wholesale Establishment
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Co-operative Development
  • Department of Food Commissioner
  • Department of Measurement Units, Standards and Services
  • Department of Textile Industries
  • Elephant Pass Saltern
  • Hingurana Sugar Industry Limited
  • Industrial Development Board
  • Internal Trade Department
  • Kahatagaha Graphite
  • Lanka Ashok Leyland Limited
  • Lanka Cement Limited
  • Lanka General Trading Company Limited
  • Lanka Mineral Sands Company
  • Lanka Salusala Limited
  • Lanka Sathosa Limited
  • Lanka Textile Mills Emporium Limited
  • Manthai Salt Limited
  • National Crafts Council
  • National Design Centre
  • and 11 others
    • National Enterprise Development Authority
    • National Institute of Cooperative Development
    • National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka
    • National Paper Corporation Limited
    • Paranthan Chemicals Limited
    • Registrar of Companies
    • SME Authority
    • SME Venture Capital Company
    • Sri Lanka Cement Corporation
    • Sri Lanka Handicraft Board (Laksala)
    • Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparels
Websitewww.industry.gov.lk

The Ministry of Industries[2] (Sinhala: කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for industry and commerce. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on industry and commerce and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Industries is Ramesh Pathirana.[1] The ministry's secretary is Thilaka Jayasundara.[4]

The biggest government controlled wholesale and retail chain known as the Lanka Sathosa falls under this ministry. The acronym SA-THO-SA is believed to be derived from the Sinhalese name "SAmoopakaara THOgaveladhaam SAngsthava", i.e., Cooperative Wholesale Establishment.

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "New secretary for Ministry of Industry and Commerce". News.lk. Government of Sri Lanka. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.