Mahinda Chintana - Ministers Heduma

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Mahinda Chinthana has kept a world record in having the largest cabinet. The below is a comparison between the cabinets of some countries and that of Sri Lanka.

Canada- 31 ministers for 37 million people
India- 20 ministers for 1000 million people
Russia- 25 ministers for 150 million people
Malaysia- 23 ministers for 25 million people
Bangladesh- 22 ministers for 150 million people
America- 15 ministers for 274 million people
Pakistan- 13 ministers for 130 million people

Sri Lanka- 108 ministers for 19 million people

In Sri Lanka non cabinet and deputy ministers can use 2 official vehicles and one security vehicle, but for now every minister has at least 10- 15 security vehicles. There are times that some ministers use 50-100 security vehicles under security reasons.

Monthly salary of a cabinet minister ? Rs. 65 000
Monthly salary of a non cabinet minister ? Rs. 63 500
The incentive for participating for a parliamentary session ? Rs. 500
The incentive for participating for a select committee? Rs. 200

Monthly fuel incentive for a cabinet and a non cabinet minister ? Rs. 75 000
Monthly fuel incentive deputy minister - Rs. 50 000
Monthly incentive for the personal telephone ? Rs. 20 000
Monthly mobile incentive ? Rs. 10 000
The facility is provided to take an unlimited amount of idd and local calls from the official telephone for a month.

Every minister has a right to employ 4 secretaries as media, personal, coordinating, and public relations. Vehicles, fuel incentives, telephone incentives and limited entertainment incentives are provided for all of them from the ministry.

For the 18 cabinet and non cabinet ministers, the monthly expense for fuel from the government is Rs. 1,350,000. Also for the 10 new deputy ministers, Rs. 500,000 should be separated. The total monthly fuel expense for them is Rs. 1,850,000


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i think there is a mistake above in the calculation...
84 * 75,000 = Rs. 6,300,000 (US$ 57000) - For cabinet and non cabinet ministers
19 * 50,000 = Rs. 950,000 (US$ 8500) - for deputy ministers
Bassa, moderator
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[AKE]

51 Cabinet Ministers
33 Non-Cabinet Ministers
19 Deputy Ministers

The full list of Ministers is as follows...

Cabinet Ministers:
1. Ratnasiri Wickremenayake    Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Administration
2. Anura Bandaranaike    Minister of National Heritage
3. D.M. Jayaratne    Minister of Plantation Industries
4. Nimal Siripala de Silva    Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition
5. Mangala Samaraweera    Minister of Ports and Aviation
6. A.H.M. Fowzie    Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development
7. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle    Minister of Highways and Road Development
8. Maithripala Sirisena    Minister of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services Development
9. Susil Premajayantha    Minister of Education
10. Karu Jayasuriya    Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs
11. Arumugam Thondaman    Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-economic Development
12. Rauff Hakeem    Minister of Posts and Telecommunication
13. Dinesh Gunawardena    Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development
14. Douglas Devananda    Minister of Social Services and Social welfare
15. Ferial Ashraff    Minister of Housing and Common Amenities
16. P. Chandrasekaran    Minister of Community Development and Social Inequity Eradication
17. A.L.M. Athaullah    Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage
18. Prof. Tissa Witarana    Ministry of Science and Technology
19. D.E.W. Gunasekera    Minister of Constitutional Affairs and National Integration
20. Abdul Risath Bathiyutheen    Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Service
21. P. Dayaratne    Minister of Plan and Implementation
22. Dharmadasa Banda    Minister of Supplementary Corps Development
23. M.H. Mohamed    Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
24. Prof. G.L. Peiris    Minister of Export Development & International Trade
25. John Seneviratne    Minister of Power & Energy
26. Sumedha Jayasena    Minister of Child Development and Women's Empowerment
27. Dr. Sarath Amunugama    Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion
28. Milroy Fernando    Minister of Public Estate Management and Development
29. Jeewan Kumaratunga    Minister of Land and Land Development
30. Pavithra Wanniarachchi    Minister of Youth Affairs
31. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa    Minister of Mass Media and Information
32. Tissa Karalliyadde    Minister of Indigenous Medicine
33. Athauda Seneviratne    Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower
34. Gamini Lokuge    Minister of Sports and Public Relations
35. Bandula Gunawardena    Minister of Trade, Marketing Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Services
36. Mahinda Samarasinghe    Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights
37. Rajitha Senaratne    Minister of Construction and Engineering Services
38. Mahinda Wijesekera    Minister of Special Projects
39. Milinda Moragoda    Minister of Tourism
40. Keheliya Rambukwella    Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare
41. Piyasena Gamage    Minister of Vocational and Technical Training
42. R.M.S.B. Navinna    Minister of Rural Industries and Self Employment Promotion
43. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon    Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils
44. Felix Perera    Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
45. R.M.C.B. Ratnayake    Minister of Livestock Development
46. Rohitha Bogollagama    Minister of Foreign Affairs
47. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena    Minister of Cultural Affairs
48. Prof. Wisva Warnapala    Minister of Higher Education
49. Chamal Rajapaksa    Minister of Irrigation and Water Management
50. Kumara Welgama    Minister of Industrial Development
51. Dallas Alahapperuma    Minister of Transport.


Non-Cabinet Ministers:
1. Salinda Dissanayake    Minister of Coconut Development
2. Dilan Perera    Minister of Justice
3. Hemakumara Nanayakkara    Minister of Agriculture
4. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana    Minister of Media or Foreign Employment
5. M.N. Abdul Majeed    Minister of Co-operatives
6. Ameer Ali Sihabdeen    Minister of Disaster Relief Services
7. Jagath Pushpakumara    Minister of Nation Building
8. R.A. Jayatissa    Minister of Textile Industries
9. Chandrasiri Gajadheera    Minister of Home Affairs
10. T.B. Ekanayake    Minister of Highways
11. Mahinda Amaraweera    Minister of Water Supply
12. Rohitha Abeygunawardana    Minister of Nation Building
13. Anwar Ismail    Minister of Irrigation
14. S.M. Chandrasena    Minister of Nation Building
15. Bandula Basnayake    Minister of Sports
16. Gunaratna Weerakoon    Minister of Nation Building
17. Sripathi Suriyarachchi    Minister of Port Development
18. D.M. Dassanayake    Minister of Nation Building
19. Pandu Bandaranaike    Minister for Religious Affairs
20. Mahindananda Aluthgamage    Minister of Power
21. Dr. Mervyn Silva    Minister of Labour
22. Naveen Dissanayake    Minister of Investment Promotion
23. Jayaratna Herath    Minister of Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
24. Dayashiritha Tissera    Minister of Skills Development
25. Duminda Dissanayake    Minister of Petroleum Resources
26. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya    Minister of State Revenue and Finance
27. Lasantha Alagiyawanna    Minister of Road Passenger Transport
28. Rohana Kumara Dissanayake    Minister of Urban Development
29. Nirmala Kothalawala    Minister of Education Services
30. Cegu Isadeen    Minister of Export Development
31. H.R. Mithrapala    Minister of Consumer Affairs
32. Basheer Cegu Dawood    Minister of Local Government
33. Mano Wijayaratna    Minister of Enterprise Development

Deputy Ministers:
1. Sangaralingam Sellasamy    Deputy Minister of Posts
2. Muttu Sivanlingam    Deputy Minister of Estate Infrastructure
3. G. V. Susantha Punchinilame    Deputy Minister of Public Estate Management and Development
4. Siripala Gamlath    Deputy Minister of Agrarian Services
5. Hussein Bhaila    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
6. Faizer Mustapha    Deputy Minister of Tourism
7. Murugan Satchithanandan    Deputy Minister of Education
8. P.H. Lionel Premasiri    Deputy Minister of Social Services & Social Welfare
9. W.B. Ekanayake    Deputy Minister of Highways
10. Suresh Vadivel    Deputy Minister of Health
11. Chandrasiri Suriarachchi    Deputy Minister of Land and Land Development
12. M.M. Musthapha    Deputy Minister of Higher Education
13. Shanmugam Jegathgeeswaran    Deputy Minister of National Integration
14. Edward Gunasekera    Deputy Minister of Railways
15. Naomal Perera    Deputy Minister of Fisheries
16. Sarath Kumara Gunarathna    Deputy Minister of Aviation
17. M.T. Hassan Ali    Deputy Minister of Supplementary Crops Development
18. K. Abdul Baiz    Deputy Minister of Provincial Councils
19. M.C. Mohamed Faisal    Deputy Minister of Scientific Affairs.

[Atula Siriwardane]

I think still we don't have enough ministers or the ministers don't have enough brains to make our lives more comfortable. Or they are not aware of us till they sit in the opposition.