Ministry of Home Affairs (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Home Affairs
ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය
உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931; 93 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
HeadquartersIndependence Square, Colombo 07
6°54′13″N 79°52′09″E / 6.903524°N 79.869168°E / 6.903524; 79.869168
Annual budget
  • LKR 27 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 5 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
Ministry executive
  • S. T. Kodikara, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websitemoha.gov.lk

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Sinhala: ස්වදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Swadēsha Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: உள்நாட்டலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for public administration.

The Minister of Home Affairs is one of the most senior ministers in the government and ranks third in the ministerial ranking. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The ministry manages the country's administrative service, including District and Divisional Secretariats as well as the Grama Niladhari (village officers) network under the oversight of the latter.

The current Minister of Home Affairs is Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

  1. ^ "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]