Ministry of Power and Energy

Ministry of Power and Energy
විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය
மின்சக்தி மற்றும் வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters437, Galle Road, Colombo 3
6°54′4.90″N 79°51′17.60″E / 6.9013611°N 79.8548889°E / 6.9013611; 79.8548889
Annual budget
  • Rs 0.5 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs 0.8 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Ms. Wasantha Perera, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websiteenergymin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Power and Energy[1] (Sinhala: විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: மின்சக்தி மற்றும் வலுசக்தி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for power and renewable energy. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on power and renewable energy and other subjects which come under its purview.[2]

As of April 2023, the current Minister of Power and Energy is Kanchana Wijesekera.[3] The ministry's secretary is (Mr) M.P.D.U.K. Mapa Pathirana.

  1. ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) 'Äî 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]
  3. ^ "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.