Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment

Ministry of Information Technology
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters79/1 5th Lane, Colombo
6°54′19.90″N 79°51′20.50″E / 6.9055278°N 79.8556944°E / 6.9055278; 79.8556944
Annual budget
  • Rs. 0.1 billion (2018, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2018, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • Nihal Somaweera, Wasantha Deshapriya
Child agencies
  • Department of Telecommunication
  • Information and Communication Technology Agency
  • Sri Lanka Telecom
Websitemtdi.gov.lk

The Ministry of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for telecommunication and digital infrastructure. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on telecommunication and digital infrastructure and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment and Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure are Harin Fernando and Tharanath Basnayake respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Wasantha Deshapriya.[4]

  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]
  2. ^ "Cabinet Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  3. ^ "Deputy Ministers". President's Media Division News.
  4. ^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.