Ministry of Industries (Sri Lanka)

Ministry of Industries
කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය
கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
Formed1931; 94 years ago (1931)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters73/1 Galle Road, Colombo 3
6°55′10″N 79°50′56″E / 6.919315°N 79.848821°E / 6.919315; 79.848821
Annual budget
  • LKR 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • TBD, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Sugar (Private) Limited
  • Consumer Affairs Authority
  • Co-operative Employees Commission
  • Co-operative Wholesale Establishment
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Co-operative Development
  • Department of Food Commissioner
  • Department of Measurement Units, Standards and Services
  • Department of Textile Industries
  • Elephant Pass Saltern
  • Hingurana Sugar Industry Limited
  • Industrial Development Board
  • Internal Trade Department
  • Kahatagaha Graphite
  • Lanka Ashok Leyland Limited
  • Lanka Cement Limited
  • Lanka General Trading Company Limited
  • Lanka Mineral Sands Company
  • Lanka Salusala Limited
  • Lanka Sathosa Limited
  • Lanka Textile Mills Emporium Limited
  • Manthai Salt Limited
  • National Crafts Council
  • National Design Centre
  • and 11 others
    • National Enterprise Development Authority
    • National Institute of Cooperative Development
    • National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka
    • National Paper Corporation Limited
    • Paranthan Chemicals Limited
    • Registrar of Companies
    • SME Authority
    • SME Venture Capital Company
    • Sri Lanka Cement Corporation
    • Sri Lanka Handicraft Board (Laksala)
    • Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparels
Websitewww.industry.gov.lk

The Ministry of Industries[1] (Sinhala: කර්මාන්ත අමාත්‍යාංශය; Tamil: கைத்தொழில் அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for industry and commerce. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on industry and commerce and other subjects which come under its purview.[2] The current Minister of Industries is Ramesh Pathirana.[3] The ministry's secretary is Thilaka Jayasundara.[4]

The biggest government controlled wholesale and retail chain known as the Lanka Sathosa falls under this ministry. The acronym SA-THO-SA is believed to be derived from the Sinhalese name "SAmoopakaara THOgaveladhaam SAngsthava", i.e., Cooperative Wholesale Establishment.

Ministers

Parties

  Governors of British Ceylon   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana Eksath Peramuna   All Ceylon Muslim Congress   Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna   National People's Power

Ministers of Industry
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Peri Sundaram 1931 1935 Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce [5]
Claude Corea 1936 1947 [6]
George E. de Silva 26 September 1947 1948 D. S. Senanayake Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries [7][8][9]
C. Sittampalam Independent 1948 1948 [7]
G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 3 September 1948 [10][11]
19 June 1952 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [10][12]
22 October 1953 John Kotelawala [13]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan 1953 1953 Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services [13]
William de Silva Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 18 May 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Industries and Fisheries [14][15][16][17]
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 [17]
W. Dahanayake
Maithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [18]
Philip Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna March 1965 Dudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [19][20]
T. B. Subasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1 March 1977 Sirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs [21][22]
Cyril Mathew United National Party 23 July 1977 J. R. Jayewardene [23][24][25]
Ranil Wickremesinghe United National Party 18 February 1989 Ranasinghe Premadasa Minister of Industries [26][27]
30 March 1990 Minister of Industries, Science and Technology [28][29]
C. V. Gunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 D. B. Wijetunga Minister of Industrial Development [30][31]
G. L. Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Chandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development [32][33]
Ronnie de Mel Sri Lanka Freedom Party 14 September 2001 Minister of Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries [34][35]
G. L. Peiris United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Industrial Development [36][37]
Anura Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 10 April 2004 Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion [38][39][40]
17 September 2004 Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion [41]
Sarath Amunugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 August 2005 [42]
Kumara Welgama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Mahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Industrial Development [43][44][45]
Risad Badhiutheen All Ceylon Muslim Congress 23 April 2010 22 December 2014 Minister of Industry and Commerce [46][47][48][49][50]
12 January 2015 26 October 2018 Maithripala Sirisena [51][52][53][54][55][56][57]
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 November 2018 15 December 2018
Risad Badhiutheen All Ceylon Muslim Congress 18 March 2019 3 June 2019
Wimal Weerawansa Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 22 November 2019 3 March 2021 Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Dilum Amunugama Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 3 March 2021 18 April 2022 Minister of Trade and Commerce
Ramesh Pathirana Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna 18 April 2022 23 September 2024 Minister of Trade, Commerce, and Food Security
Harini Amarasuriya National People's Power 23 September 2024 18 November 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development
Sunil Handunnetti National People's Power 18 November 2024 Incumbent [58]

Secretaries

Industry Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Tilak Collure 25 April 2010 Industries and Commerce Secretary [59][60]
Anura Siriwardana 12 July 2012 Industry and Commerce Secretary [61]
S. S. Miyanawala 19 January 2015 Industries and Commerce Secretary [62][63][64][65]
T. M. K. B. Tennekoon 8 September 2015 Industry and Commerce Affairs Secretary [66]

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