Assisting the higher management of the Ministry to achieve excellent performance by contributing to internal administrative process in accomplishment of the mission of the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media.

Creation of a productive public service while satisfying internal and external parties.

• Maintenance of personal files of the internal staff and the officers of combined services, maintenance of the personal files of the officers of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who have been transferred to the institutions affiliated to this Ministry, staff recruitments, providing loan facilities, providing Agrahara insurance benefits and maintenance of leave registers
• Appointment of Boards of Directors for institutions affiliated to the Ministry
• Taking legal actions for cases of and against the Ministry and its affiliated institutions
• Implementation of the Printing Committee in terms of F.R. 630
• Submission of Cabinet Memoranda
• Providing answers for Parliament questions and conducting the Ministerial Consultative Committee
• Providing guidance in administrative and management activities of the institutions affiliated to the Ministry
• Implementation of the Audit and Management Committee
• Conducting disciplinary inquiries and preliminary inquiries
• Organization and conducting training and development programmes
• Management of productivity and quality development programmes
• Conducting maintenance activities, settling electricity, water, telephone bills and maintenance of postal activities
• Coordinating local and foreign tours, scholarships and training programmes of the Ministry and the institutions affiliated to this Ministry.
• Activities of the Human Rights Commission
• Activities of the Public Petition Committee
• Processing foreign leave applications of the Ministry and the institutions affiliated thereto
• Monitoring the activities of all institutions affiliated to the Ministry

• Conducting staff meetings

• Financial Regulations

  Eg : F.R. 630  

• Establishments Code

• Procedural Rules

• Acts

  Eg:Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act
  Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Act
  Articles of Association of the Independent Television Network Ltd
  Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd Act
  Sri Lanka Press Council Act  

• Circulars

  Eg:Public Administration Circulars
  Management Services Circulars
  Internal Circulars
  Treasury Circulars

•  Other Guidance

  Eg: Good governance
  Procurement Guidelines

   

Facilitation of plans, proposals, projects and programmes in implementing national policies to create an excellent media culture in Sri Lanka, directing and organizing such activities creatively and innovatively while maintaining close contact with local and foreign state and private institutions.

1. Introducing and preparing Action Plans and the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) of the Mass Media Division and its affiliated institutions, implementing and reviewing the progress 

2. Formulation, implementation of the Annual Action Plan of the Ministry and submission of its progress to the Parliament

3. Providing guidance for the preparation of development plans of the institutions affiliated to the Ministry, monitoring and submission of quarterly progress and progress review of such activities

4. Implementation of the responsibilities entrusted to the Ministry in relation to the Right to Information Act and progress review

5. Organization and conducting the Presidential Media Awards

6. Construction of the Pandith Amaradeva Sangeetha Asapuwa

7.  Implementation of the Official Languages Policy within the Ministry 

8. Monitoring of the administrative activities of the Ranmihithenna National Tele Cinema Park, planning and implementation of development activities 

9. Entering in to Memoranda of Understanding with foreign countries and the maintenance of the coordination required 

10. Registration of newscasting websites 

11. Issuance of visa recommendations for foreign journalists 

12. Issuance of radio and television broadcasting licenses 

13. Regularizing the procedure of issuing radio and television broadcasting licenses 

14. Coordination of activities related to professional development and welfare of journalists and tele-cinema artistes

15. Timely update and amendment of Laws, Rules, Regulations and Acts of state media institutions coming under the purview of Mass Media 

16. Contributing to implement programmes in collaboration with the Presidential Task Force

    - Dengue Prevention Programme
    - Drug Prevention Programme
    - CKDU Prevention Programme
    - Child Protection Programme
    - Programme on Nutrition

     

17. Activities related to Gender Based Violence in Sri Lanka

18. Implementation of programmes related to the Action Plan on Human Rights

Maintenance of a transparent and prudent financial management within the Mass Media Division in creating a better media culture in the country.

Directing the Vote approved by the Parliament efficiently and transparently towards achieving the goals of the Ministry, accurate and efficient recovery of taxes and crediting them to the Consolidated Fund, proper maintenance of accounts and the monitoring of the financial activities of all state media institutions coming under the Ministry.

• Budgetary management

• Proper maintenance of accounting ledgers and documents

• Management all payments including the payment of salaries and allowances of the staff and gathering of state revenue

• Conducting all supply activities including procurement and storing in facilitating the institutional requirements

• Monitoring and follow-up of the financial activities of the Ministry and the institutions coming under

• Financial Regulations

  Eg : F.R. 630 

• Establishments Code

• Acts

  Eg: Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act
  Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Act
  Protection of Government Revenue (Special Provisions) Act No 01 of 2006
  Finance Act No 11 of 2006
  Right to Information Act No 12 of 2016 

• Circulars

  Eg: Public Administration Circulars
  Management Services Circulars
  Internal Circulars
  Treasury Circulars 

• Other Guidance

  Eg: Good governance
  Procurement Guidelines

   

• Contributing to the internal financial control of the Ministry and its affiliated institutions and thereby conducting a continuous survey and an independent evaluation on the regularity and quantity of internal inspections utilized to reveal and prevent financial irregularities and frauds of the institutions.

• Assisting the Accounting Officer and the progress review committee to evaluate the progress achieved in planning and implementation of development projects or programmes.  

• Facilitating the Head of the Ministry and the progress review committee.

1. Examine the sufficiency and the success of administrative methods utilized to prevent irregularities and frauds.
2. Look in to whether the existing accounting procedure provides information required to prepare accurate financial statements.
3. Evaluation of the performance of the staff in execution of the duties entrusted.
4. Examination of the protection and of assets of the Ministry.
5. Inspection of whether the Establishments Code, Financial Regulations of the government, Public Administration Circulars, Treasury Circulars and other supplementary instructions are followed.
6. Examination of the success of the methods of internal administration utilized to reveal and to avoid wastage, idle capacity and excessive expenditure.
7. Conducting special investigations when necessary.
8. Conducting Audit and Management Committee Meetings and follow up of its decisions.
9. Responding Audit Queries of the Auditor General’s Department and follow up of actions taken.
10. Implementing above functions in accordance with the Annual Audit Plan.

• Conducting Audit and Management Committee Meetings
• Conducting random inspections
• Monitoring of Regional Transmission Stations and Provincial Broadcasting Stations
• Supervision of the performance of institutions affiliated to the Ministry.

• Financial Regulations
  

  Eg: F.R. 630 

• Establishments Code 

• Acts
  

  Eg: Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act
  Sri Lanka Broadcasting Act
  State Printing Corporation Act
  Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. Law 

• Circulars
  

  Eg: Public Administration Circulars
  Management Circulars
  Internal Circulars
  Treasury Circulars 

• Other Guidance
  

  Eg: Good governance
  Government Tender Procedures and Procurement Guidelines

1. Raising public awareness on programmes related to state policies implemented at national level and the role of the institutions affiliated to the Ministry.

2. Facilitating to upgrade professionalism of journalists

1. Implementation of the scholarship programme for journalists.
2. Providing credit facilities for journalists to purchase media equipment.
3. Conducting press briefings and publicity activities on projects implemented by various Ministries,
4. Departments and other state institutions.
5. Organization of training workshops for journalists.
6. Issuing press releases for print and electronic media
7. Implementation of publicity activities of affiliated institutions of the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media. 
8. Media coordination and publicizing projects implemented by the Ministry for journalists.
9. Update and maintain the official website of the Ministry tri-lingually.
10. Implementation of publicity activities of affiliated institutions of the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media. 
11. Preparing investigative reports containing important news published daily in print media and archiving such articles. 
12. Selection and archiving of economically, politically, socially significant newspaper articles on current issues. 
13. Organization of social gatherings for journalists.

1. Scholarship programme implemented to upgrade professionalism of journalists.
2. Providing financial assistance to facilitate professional activities of journalists.
3. Training workshops to create an excellent media culture.