Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka)

Minister of Urban Development of Sri Lanka
Minister of Urban Development of Sri Lanka
	Incumbent; Rauff Hakeem; since 12 January 2015
	Urban Development Authority
Appointer	The President with advice of Prime Minister
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	C. Rajadurai
Formation	1978 (as Regional Development)
Deputy	Dunesh Gankanda
Website	Official website

Ministry of Urban Development
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Type	Authority
Jurisdiction	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Annual budget	Rs 35,402,210 million (2015 est)
Minister responsible	Rauff Hakeem, Minister Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage;
Agency executives	Ranjit Fernando, Chairman; K. Hettiarachchi, Secretary;
Child agencies	Urban Development Authority; Sri Lanka Land, Reclamation and Development Corporation; National Water Supply; Department of National Community Water Supply;
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Urban Development is the Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for planning and implementation of Economic social and physical development of the areas declared by the Minister-in-charge of the subject of Urban development. The ministry was established by an Act of parliament bearing No 41 of 1978. The Urban Development Authority is executively functioning under this ministry that is responsible for empowering to function as the key urban planning and implementing agency of the country.

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