Verité Research, launched a ‘Blueprint for a Rational Government in Sri Lanka’. The publication shows how all the duties, functions, institutions, and laws in Sri Lanka can be structured and organized in an efficient and effective manner – even with just 15 ministries.
It draws on the work of the acclaimed 1988 Administrative Reform Commission as well as exemplary international practices, to design a highly functional structure for organising government and all its activities in Sri Lanka.
The design of this Blueprint is based on minimising two significant problems that can arise in the formation of cabinet ministries.
1. Fragmentation: this is when related subjects are split across different ministries. For example, at one time the subjects of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock Development and Fertiliser were split across different ministries.
