Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage

Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Ministry overview
Formed1947 (1947)
JurisdictionGovernment of Sri Lanka
Headquarters1st Floor, Sethsiripaya (Stage II), Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′10.10″N 79°54′57.40″E / 6.9028056°N 79.9159444°E / 6.9028056; 79.9159444
Annual budget
  • Rs. 14 billion (2017, recurrent)
  • Rs. 2 billion (2017, capital)
Minister responsible
  • Upali Pannilage, Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • TBD, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Divineguma Development
  • Department of Social Services
  • National Council for Persons with Disabilities
  • National Institute of Social Development
  • National Secretariat for Elders and National Council for Elders
  • National Secretariat for Persons with Disabilities
  • Rural Development Training and Research Institute
  • Social Security Board
Websitesocialemwelfare.gov.lk

The Ministry of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for social services, social welfare and Kandyan heritage. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on social empowerment and welfare and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage and Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage are S. B. Dissanayake and Ranjan Ramanayake respectively. The ministry's secretary is Mahinda Seneviratne.

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