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Review Meetings on Provincial plans under the ADB Result-Based Lending Programme : Strengthening Integrated Health Care and Governance for Universal Health Coverage

Varun Prasanth — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:37:20 +0000

Meetings to review the Provincial Annual Development Plans (ADPs) for the health sector for the year 2026, which are to be implemented under the Result-Based Lending Programme for Sri Lanka: Strengthening Integrated Health Care and Governance for Universal Health Coverage, were held on 05 March and 07 March 2026 under the chairmanship of the Chairman of the Finance Commission, Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe. The discussion was conducted by the Secretary to the Finance Commission, Mr. A.T.M.U.D.B. Tennakoon. In this event, senior officials representing the Department of National Budget, Department of National Planning, Department of Project Management and Monitoring, Ministry of Health and Mass Media representatives from Asian Development Bank (ADB), relevant officials of Finance Commission participated in person while the Chief Secretaries, and senior officials of the nine Provincial Councils attended the meeting via a virtual platform. During these meetings, the Annual Development Plans were reviewed to ensure the proposed activities are aligned with the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) to achieve the objectives of the programme. Concurrence of the Finance Commission was granted for respective plans subject to revisions and improvements to the plans considering the Finance Commission observations made.

Discussion on the Establishment of Arogya Health Centres

Varun Prasanth — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:26:14 +0000

A discussion on the establishment of “Arogya Health Centre” was held on 18.02.2026 at the Auditorium of the Finance Commission. The meeting was chaired by the Secretary to the Finance Commission, and a team of officials from the Ministry of Health (MOH), and other relevant officials of the Finance Commission participated in this event. The proposed framework for establishing “Arogya Centers” across the country, in line with the national health sector reforms and Government policies was explained by the officials of the Ministry of Health including the service delivery model, infrastructure requirements, staffing arrangements etc., focusing the expected improvements in primary healthcare access and quality.

Discussion on Procurement Issues of Provincial Councils in the implementation of “Ditwah” Recovery Programme

Varun Prasanth — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:10:20 +0000

A virtual discussion was held with the National Procurement Commission and the Provincial Councils on 17.02.2026 under the chairmanship of the Chairman, Finance Commission in order to sort out certain restrictions and practical issues of the procurement mechanism in the process of implementing “Ditwah” recovery programme. The meeting was conducted by the Secretary of the Finance Commission, and the officials of the General Treasury including the Director General of the Department of National Budget, and senior officials from the Department of National Planning, and the Department of Project Management and Monitoring participated in person while the Chairman and senior officials of Procurement Commission, and the Chief Secretaries and, senior officials of the nine Provincial Councils attended the meeting via a virtual platform. In the “Ditwah” recovery process, Provincial Councils are facing significant procurement challenges, including a shortage of contractors and difficult geographical conditions etc. Considering the urgent circumstances, it was proposed to allow justifiable deviations as per the Procurement Guidelines. Further, considering the urgency of recovery process, Provincial Councils were advised by the Procurement Commission to submit special requests to increase the existing financial limits from Rs. 2Mn to 5Mn for direct contracts by Community Based Organizations (CBOs) only limited to the “Ditwah” recovery programme. The National Procurement Commission agreed in principle to grant approvals expeditiously based on requests which will be submitted by the Provinces.

Discussion on Additional Financial Requirements for the “Ditwah” Recovery Programme at Provincial Level

Varun Prasanth — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:45:48 +0000

A meeting was held at the Finance Commission on 26 January 2026 to discuss the “Ditwah” Recovery Programme of the nine Provinces. The meeting was attended in person by the Secretary to the President, Chairman and two appointed Members and the Secretary of the Finance Commission together with the officers of the General Treasury; including Director General of the Department of National Budget, senior officials from Department of National Planning, and Department of Project Management and Monitoring. Chief Secretaries and senior officials of nine Provincial Councils attended the meeting via virtual platform.

Provincial officials highlighted their financial requirements and challenges in implementing the “Ditwah” disaster recovery process and requested national-level assistance to resolve the issues to expedite the implementation. In the meeting, Provinces were requested to submit their funding requirements to the Treasury as early as possible, and the Chief Secretaries were of the view that the Provinces would be able to commence the remaining work once the allocations are provided.

Discussions on the Provincial Annual Development Plans for the year 2026

Varun Prasanth — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:22:47 +0000

Meetings to review the Provincial Annual Development Plans (ADPs) for the year 2026, which are to be implemented under the Provincial Specific Development Grants allocated to the Provinces from the Annual Budget, were held from 27th November to 19th December 2025 under the Chairmanship of the Chairman of the Finance Commission, Mr.Sumith Abeysinghe, with the participation of the Hon. Governors of Provinces, the appointed Members of the Finance Commission, Mr. M. Vamadevan and Mr. T.N.Ossen, Provincial Chief Secretaries and all relevant senior officials of Provincial Councils (PCs). The discussions were conducted by the Secretary of the Finance Commission, Mr. A.T.M.U.D.B. Tennakoon, and senior officials representing the Department of National Budget, Department of National Planning, Department of Treasury Operations, Department of Project Management and Monitoring, Presidential Secretariat, and the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government also participated in in these discussions.
The main objective of these meetings was to review the ADPs for the purpose of granting concurrence before ending of the 2025, enabling the Provinces to commence the implementation of proposals from the very beginning of the year 2026.
During the aforementioned series of meetings, the ADPs of each Province were discussed in detail and instructions were given to the relevant provincial authorities to submit further information/clarifications to the Finance Commission regarding certain projects and to further analyze feasibility of some proposed projects where necessary. Furthermore, PCs were advised to incorporate necessary amendments to respective ADPs considering the development requirements emerged due to the “Ditwah” catastrophic situation as appropriate. Accordingly, concurrence was granted in principle for the Broad Activity Areas of the respective Development Plans, subject to necessary amendments.
The meetings were held on the following dates:
Provincial Council Discussion Date
 Eastern Province 27.11.2025
 Southern Province 02.12.2025
 Central Province 03.12.2025
 North Western Province 05.12.2025
 Western Province 10.12.2025
 Uva Province 13.12.2025
 Northern Province 15.12.2025
 North Central Province 17.12.2025
 Sabaragamuwa Province 19.12.2025

A Discussion held with the Western Provincial Council on Project Proposal on Promoting Bulathsinhala as a Tourist Destination through Infrastructure Development.

Lakmali — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:14:53 +0000

A discussion was held at the Finance Commission on 23^rd July 2025 regarding the project proposal submitted by the Western Provincial Council on “Promoting Bulathsinhala as a Tourist Destination through Infrastructure Development” under Special Development Projects.The meeting was co-chaired by the Secretary, Finance Commission and Chief Secretary, Western Province and the Deputy Chief Secretary (Planning), Deputy Chief Secretary (Finance), Divisional Secretary, Bulathsinhala Divisional Secretariat and other relevant officials of the Western Provincial Council and the Finance Commission were also participated in the discussion. The feasibility, effectiveness, and contribution of these activities for development of the tourism industry were discussed in detail during the meeting.

Review of Provincial Development Plans for the year 2025

Varun Prasanth — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Meetings to review the Provincial Annual Development Plans for the year 2025, which are planned to be implemented under the Provincial Specific Development Grants allocated to the Provinces from the national budget, were held in March via zoom technology under the Chairmanship of the Chairman of the Finance Commission Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe, with the participation of the Hon. Governors of Provinces, the appointed Members of the Finance Commission, Mr. M. Vamadevan and Mr. T.N.Ossen, Provincial Chief Secretaries and all relevant senior officials of PCs. The discussions were conducted by the Secretary of the Finance Commission, Mr. A.T.M. U.D.B. Tennakoon, and senior officials representing the Department of National Budget, Department of National Planning, Department of Treasury Operations and Department of Project Management and Monitoring also participated in these discussions. During the aforementioned series of meetings, the Annual Development Plans of each Province, which are expected to be implemented in the year 2025, were discussed in detail and instructions were given to the relevant provincial officials to submit further information/clarifications to the Finance Commission regarding certain projects and to further analyze feasibility of certain proposed projects where necessary. Accordingly, concurrence was granted in principle for the Broad Activity Areas of the respective Development Plans, subject to necessary amendments.

03.2025 – Sothern Province

03.2025 – Northern Province

03.2025 – Sabaragamuwa Province

03.2025 – Eastern Province

03.2025 – North Central Province

03.2025 – North Western Province

03.2025 – Western Province

03.2025 – Uva Province

03.2025 – Central Province

Finance Commission wins 2 awards in CoPA awarding ceremony

Anushka Bandara — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:23:38 +0000

රජයේ ගිණුම් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාව මඟින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන සම්මාන උළෙලේදී මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාව සම්මාන 2ක් දිනා ගනී
2023 ජුලි 18 වැනි දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේදී පැවති සම්මාන ප්‍රදානෝත්සවයේදී මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාවට 2019 වර්ෂය සඳහා රන් සම්මානයක්ද, 2020 වර්ෂය සඳහා රිදී සම්මානයක් ද හිමි විය. රජයේ ගිණුම් පිළිබඳ කාරක සභාවේ අධීක්‍ෂණය යටතේ පවතින ආයතනවල 2019 සහ 2020 මූල්‍ය වර්ෂවල මෙහෙයුම් කාර්යසාධනය සහ මූල්‍ය රෙගුලාසිවලට අනුකූල වීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉහළ කාර්යසාධනයක් අත්පත් කරගෙන තිබූ ආයතන ඇගයීම සඳහා මෙම සම්මාන ප්‍රදානය සංවිධානය කරන ලදී.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ගරු රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මැතිතුමන් ප්‍රධාන ආරාධිත අමුත්තා ලෙස මෙම අවස්ථාවට සහභාගී වූ අතර ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා, ගරු කතානායකතුමා, ගරු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රීවරු, ජනාධිපති ලේකම්තුමා, අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය ලේකම්තුමා, අමාත්‍යාංශ ලේකම්වරු, ප්‍රධාන ලේකම්වරු ඇතුළු රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරීහු ද මේ සඳහා සහභාගි වූහ. මෙම සම්මාන ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය භෞතිකව මෙන්ම Zoom තාක්ෂණය හරහා ද පැවැත් වූ අතර අමාත්‍යාංශ, දෙපාර්තමේන්තු, පළාත් සභා සහ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කාර්යාල ඇතුළු රාජ්‍ය ආයතන 1000කට අධික සංඛ්‍යාවක් මේ සඳහා සහභාගී විය.
ඡායාරූප අනුග්‍රහය : ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව

அரசாங்க கணக்குக் குழு (CoPA) வினால் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட விருது வழங்கும் விழாவில் நிதி ஆணைக்குழு 2 விருதுகளை வென்றுள்ளது
நிதி ஆணைக்குழுவிற்கு 2023 ஜூலை 18 ஆந் திகதியன்று பாராளுமன்ற வளாகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற விருது வழங்கும் விழாவில் 2019 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான தங்க விருதும் 2020 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான வெள்ளி விருதும் கிடைக்கப்பெற்றது. அரசாங்க கணக்குக் குழுவின் மேற்பார்வையின் கீழான நிறுவனங்களின் 2019 மற்றும் 2020 ஆம் நிதியாண்டுகளுக்கான செயல்பாட்டு செயலாற்றுகை மற்றும் நிதி விதிமுறைகளுக்கு இணங்குதல் ஆகியவற்றில் உயர் மட்ட செயல்திறனை பெற்றுக்கொண்ட நிறுவனங்களை அங்கீகரிப்பதற்காக இவ் விருது வழங்கும் வைபவம் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டது.
இந் நிகழ்வில் பிரதம அதிதியாக இலங்கை ஜனாதிபதி கௌரவ ரணில் விக்ரமசிங்க அவர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டதுடன் கௌரவ பிரதமர் அவர்கள், கௌரவ சபாநாயகர், கௌரவ பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள், ஜனாதிபதி செயலாளர், பிரதமரின் செயலாளர், அமைச்சுக்களின் செயலாளர்கள்,பிரதம செயலாளர்கள் உள்ளிட்ட அரச அதிகாரிகளும் கலந்து கொண்டனர். இவ்விருது வழங்கும் வைபவத்தில் அமைச்சுக்கள்,திணைக்களங்கள், மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் பிரதேச செயலாளர் அலுவலகங்கள் உள்ளிட்ட 1000 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட அரச நிறுவனங்கள் நேரடியாகவும் ஜூம் (Zoom) தொழில்நுட்பத்தினூடாகவும் கலந்து கொண்டன.
நிழல் படங்கள்: இலங்கை பாராளுமன்றம்

Finance Commission wins 2 awards in CoPA awarding ceremony
The Finance Commission received Gold (2019) and Silver awards (2020) at the award ceremony held on 18th July 2023 at the Parliament Complex. The award presentation was organised by the Committee on Public Accounts (CoPA) to recognize the institutions coming under the supervision of CoPA that had achieved a high level of excellence in performance in the Financial Years 2019 and 2020 with respect to the operational performance and compliance to the financial regulations.
Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, the President of Sri Lanka was the Chief Guest of the event and Hon. Prime Minister, Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Members of Parliament, Secretary to the President, Secretary to the Prime Minister, Secretaries of the Ministries, Chief Secretaries and other public officers also participated in the ceremony. The award ceremony took place physically as well as virtually via Zoom technology, with participation from over 1000 government institutions, including Ministries, Departments, Provincial Councils, and Divisional Secretariats.
Photo courtesy: Parliament of Sri Lanka

An IMF Mission visits the Finance Commission

Anushka Bandara — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:31:32 +0000

A team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Department led by Ms. Laura Doherty visited the Finance Commission on 17^th of March 2023 for a meeting to discuss especially on the role and methodologies adopted by the Finance Commission in determination of allocations for Provinces from the National Budget and applicability of the new Public Finance Management Act and Fiscal Rule Framework. In addition, highlights of the policy recommendations submitted to Hon. President by the Commission in order to enhance the efficiency of resource utilization and Financial Management systems were also discussed. The Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Sumith Abeysinghe, Secretary to the Finance Commission Mr. A.T.M.U.D.B. Tennakoon and other senior officials of the Commission participated in the discussion.

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Anushka Bandara — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:24:13 +0000