Sri Lanka: Two Ministries for Technology, Investment, Women, Child Affairs

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued an Extraordinary Gazette on Thursday (9) declaring the creation of the Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion & Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment.

15 institutions have been placed under the Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion, and they are the following:

1. Department of Registration of Persons

2. Department of Immigration and Emigration

3. Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka and Allied Institutions

4. Information and Communication Technology Agency and Allied Institutions

5. Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team

6. Sri Lanka Telecom and its Subsidiaries and Allied Institutions

7. Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company (Pvt.) Limited

8. Techno Park Development Company (Pvt.) Limited

9. Information Technology Parks (Jaffna & Mannar)

10. Industrial Technology Institute

11. Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (Pvt.) Ltd.

12. Sri Lanka Standards Institute

13. Sri Lanka Institute of Biotechnology (Pvt.) Ltd.

14. Board of Investment of Sri Lanka

15. Colombo Port City Economic Commission

15 institutions have been placed under the Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment, and they are the following:

1. National Committee on Women

2. Sri Lanka Women’s Bureau

3. Department of Probation and Childcare Services

4. National Child Protection Authority

5. National Secretariat for Early Childhood Development

6. Department of Samurdhi Development

7. Saubhagya Development Bureau

8. National Institute of Social Development

9. Rural Development Training and Research Institute

10. Social Security Board

11. National Council for Persons with Disabilities

12. National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities

13. Department of Social Services

14. National Council for Elders and National Secretariat for Elders

15. Kidney Fund