{"id":147550,"date":"2025-01-23T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=147550"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T23:27:20","slug":"government-sets-limits-for-ministerial-staff-vehicles-and-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/01\/23\/government-sets-limits-for-ministerial-staff-vehicles-and-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Government sets limits for ministerial staff, vehicles and expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/a> Courtesy Daily Mirror<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

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Colombo, Jan 23 (Daily Mirror) – The President\u2019s Secretariat has issued a series of instructions to all Ministry secretaries outlining the facilities and services to be provided to Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a written communication, Secretary to the President Dr. N.S. Kumanayake instructed Ministry secretaries on how to facilitate the functions of Ministers and strengthen the policy formulation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the new guidelines, the government has set a cap on the number of support staff for Ministers and Deputy Ministers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministers are permitted a maximum of 15 support staff, while Deputy Ministers are limited to 12 staff members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The support staff is expected to assist Ministers and Deputy Ministers in performing their duties efficiently and coordinating with all relevant parties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions on appointing advisors to Ministries and the appointment of support staff have also been provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Presidential Secretariat has outlined provisions regarding official vehicles, fuel allocations and telephone expenses for Ministers and Deputy Ministers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A maximum of two official vehicles will be allocated for their use, with the Ministry Secretary responsible for managing any vehicles obtained through rental or other means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministers and Deputy Ministers will be allocated up to 900 litres of fuel per month for their official vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the new guidelines, the government vehicles will be available for use by the Private Secretary, Coordinating Secretary, Press Secretary, and Public Relations Officer of both Ministers and Deputy Ministers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The positions of Private Secretary, Coordinating Secretary, Press Secretary, and Public Relations Officer shall be filled on a temporary basis, for the duration of the Minister’s or Deputy Minister’s tenure only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family members or close relatives of the Minister or Deputy Minister shall not be appointed to these positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The salaries for these roles shall be in accordance with Schedule IV of Public Administration Circular 3\/2016, dated 25\/02\/2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0DARSHANA SANJEEWA BALASURIYA\u00a0 Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 23 (Daily Mirror) – The President\u2019s Secretariat has issued a series of instructions to all Ministry secretaries outlining the facilities and services to be provided to Ministers. In a written communication, Secretary to the President Dr. N.S. Kumanayake instructed Ministry secretaries on how to facilitate the functions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}