Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (Sinhala: කර්මාන්ත හා වාණිජ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය Karmāntha hā Vānija Katayuthu Amathyanshaya; Tamil: கைத்தொழில், வாணிப அலுவல்கள் 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.[1] The current Minister of Industry and Commerce and State Minister of Industry and Commerce are Risad Badhiutheen and A. D. Champika Premadasa respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is Chinthaka S. Lokuhetty.[4]

Ministry of Industry and Commerce
කර්මාන්ත හා වාණිජ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය
கைத்தொழில், வாணிப அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு
Ministry overview
JurisdictionDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Headquarters73/1 Galle Road, Colombo 3
6.919315°N 79.848821°E / 6.919315; 79.848821
Annual budget
  • LKR 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • LKR 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
Ministry executives
  • Chinthaka S. Lokuhetti, Ministry Secretary
  • W.M.K.S.D. Vijayabandara, Secretary to the State Minister
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
Websiteindustry.gov.lk

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 SAngsthavaava", i.e., cooperative wholesale Establishment.

Ministers
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Ministers of Industry
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Peri Sundaram19311935Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce[5]
Claude Corea19361947[6]
George E. de Silva26 September 19471948D. S. SenanayakeMinister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries[7][8][9]
C. SittampalamIndependent19481948[7]
G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil Congress3 September 1948[10][11]
19 June 1952Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Industries and Fisheries[10][12]
22 October 1953John Kotelawala[13]
Kanthiah Vaithianathan19531953Minister of Industries, Housing and Social Services[13]
William de SilvaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party18 May 1959S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeMinister of Industries and Fisheries[14][15][16][17]
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom Party9 June 1959[17]
W. Dahanayake
Maithripala SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party23 July 1960Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs[18]
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaMarch 1965Dudley SenanayakeMinister of Industries and Fisheries[19][20]
T. B. SubasingheSri Lanka Freedom Party1 March 1977Sirimavo BandaranaikeMinister of Industries and Scientific Affairs[21][22]
Cyril MathewUnited National Party23 July 1977J. R. Jayewardene[23][24][25]
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National Party18 February 1989Ranasinghe PremadasaMinister of Industries[26][27]
30 March 1990Minister of Industries, Science and Technology[28][29]
C. V. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party19 August 1994D. B. WijetungaMinister of Industrial Development[30][31]
G. L. PeirisSri Lanka Freedom Party19 October 2000Chandrika KumaratungaMinister of Constitutional Affairs and Industrial Development[32][33]
Ronnie de MelSri Lanka Freedom Party14 September 2001Minister of Trade, Industrial Development and Rural Industries[34][35]
G. L. PeirisUnited National Party12 December 2001Minister of Industrial Development[36][37]
Anura BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom Party10 April 2004Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion[38][39][40]
17 September 2004Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion[41]
Sarath AmunugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party22 August 2005[42]
Kumara WelgamaSri Lanka Freedom Party28 January 2007Mahinda RajapaksaMinister of Industrial Development[43][44][45]
Risad BadhiutheenAll Ceylon Muslim Congress23 April 201022 December 2014Minister of Industry and Commerce[46][47][48][49][50]
12 January 2015Maithripala Sirisena[51][52][53][54][55][56][57]

Secretaries
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Industry Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Tilak Collure25 April 2010Industries and Commerce Secretary[58][59]
Anura Siriwardana12 July 2012Industry and Commerce Secretary[60]
S. S. Miyanawala19 January 2015Industries and Commerce Secretary[61][62][63][64]
T. M. K. B. Tennekoon8 September 2015Industry and Commerce Affairs Secretary[65]

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