Thank you for visiting the official website of The Chief Ministry and Ministry of Finance, Planning, Law & Order, Local Government and Provincial Administration, Manpower, Education and Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Land, Trade and Commerce, Food Supplies and Distribution, Investment Coordination and subjects which are not taken under any other Ministries of Central Provincial Council, Sri Lanka.

Provincial Councils were established as per the article 154a of the 13th amendment to the constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka of 1978.

The Parliament has approved the Provincial Council Act no 42 of 1987 in order to maintain the works of those provincial councils. According to the 154e provision of the 13th amendment to the constitution, provisions have been made as to how the cabinet is to be conducted by the Provincial Chief Minister and the other four Ministers.

Hence this ministry functions as The Chief Ministry and Provincial Ministry of Finance & Planning, Law & Order, Local Government and Provincial Administration, Manpower, Education and Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Land, Trade and Commerce, Food Supplies and Distribution, Investment Coordination and Portfolios which are not taken under any other Ministries.

Prosperous Medarata by good governance with knowledgeable and valued citizens...

To develop education in a qualitative and quantitative manner, develop an effective and efficient local government structure which ensures the satisfaction of the people through good governance, to manage state owned lands, to create a cultural environment which safeguards the identity of all ethnicities, to provide engineering designs incorporating latest technological knowledge, to enhance cooperative investment through development of the cooperative movement, and to protect consumer rights in a competitive market in order to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of the Central Province