Portfolios of three State Ministries revised via Extra-Gazette

COLOMBO (News 1st): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revised the portfolios of the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management, State Ministry of Home Affairs as well as the State Ministry of Land Management, via an extraordinary gazette. According to the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2212/20 issued on 16th February 2021, the revised portfolios will be in effect from Tuesday (Feb. 16). Thereby, the portfolios of 18 institutions that come under the purview of the Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management have been revised. The institutions are: 01. Department of Registrar General 02. Department of Immigration and Emigration 03. Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations 04. National Disaster Management Council 05. Disaster Management Centre 06. National Disaster Relief Services Centre 07. Department of Meteorology 08. National Building Research Organization 09. Rakna Arakshana Lanka Ltd. 10. National Authority for the implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention 11. National Dangerous Drugs Control Board 12. Defence Services School 13. National Defence Fund 14. Defence Research and Development Centre 15. Sri Lanka Institute of National Defence Studies 16. Sri Lanka Institute of National Defence Studies 17. Ranaviru Seva Authority 18. Api Wenuwen Api Fund Through the gazette, all District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats have been revised under the State Ministry of Home Affairs. Furthermore, seven institutions are revised under the State Ministry of Land Management, State Enterprises Land and Property Development. Accordingly, the following institutions will now be listed under the purview of the State Ministry of Land Management: 01. Department of Land Commissioner General 02. Land Reform Commission 03. Department of Surveyor General of Sri Lanka 04. Institute of Surveying and Mapping 05. Land Survey Council 06. Department of Land Use Policy Planning 07. Department of Land Settlement