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Ministry of Ports and Shipping (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation
වරාය, නාවික හා ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය
துறைமுகங்கள், கப்பற்றுறை மற்றும் விமான சேவைகள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters19 Chaithya Road, Colombo 1
6°56′17″N 79°50′37″E / 6.938059°N 79.843677°E / 6.938059; 79.843677
Annual budget
  • LKR 0.3 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • LKR 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • M. M. P. K. Mayadunne, Ministry Secretary
Child agencies
Websiteportmin.gov.lk

The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation[2] (Sinhala: වරාය, නාවික හා ගුවන් සේවා අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: துறைமுகங்கள், கப்பற்றுறை மற்றும் விமான சேவைகள் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for ports and shipping. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on ports and shipping and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister is Vijitha Herath.[1]The ministry's secretary is M.M.P.K. Mayadunne.[4]

  1. ^ a b "LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS". cabinetoffice.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ^ "Extra Gazette No. 2281/41 of 27.05.2022 (Duties and Functions)" (PDF). documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ^ "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]
  4. ^ "Secretaries to the Ministries". President's Media Division News.

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