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Education skills and Economic Development Division +i. Skills and Development Division +ii. Housing Loans +iii. Education Scholarship Project +iv. Foster Parent Programme +v. Mapiya Surekuma Programme +vi. Housing Assistance Project +14. War hero Honor and Dignity Division +i. Ranaviru Remembrance Project +ii. Land project +15. Social and Cultural Division +i. Community Project +ii. Ranaviru Villages Project +iii. Cultural Division +16. Conclusion +17. Auditor General’s Report +18. Financial Statement +Vision of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Paying the country’s respect and gratitude embodying the name "Ranaviru” +Our Mission Statement +Planning and operation of welfare services for the settlement of psycho-social and social issues faced by the family members of those missing, killed of disabled in action in the Armed Services and Police in defending the country and the people and creating a mental awakening of those heroes presently in service. +Preamble +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority was established by the Parliamentary act of no 54 1999. +Since its inception to date in the 12 years of existence the Authority has marched forward overcoming various obstacles and difficulties during this limited period of time but gained huge experiences that are incomparable. +There are a lot of unique reasons for the emergence of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority when one looks into its functions. +The functions of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority are really supreme in the context of provision of a strong helping hand for the continuation of the future lives of children, wives and parents of the gallant war heroes who sacrificed their lives or those missing or lost their limbs in the fight of liberating our motherland from the cruel terrorism that was under the influence of specially both local and overseas conspirators and with a view to protect the liberty of the people and the country, their dignity, sovereignty and the territorial integrity. +During the year 2011, the Ranaviru Sewa Authority implemented a number of projects and programmes to discharge this supreme functions and I state with gratitude to all those who supported in this endeavor that it reflects the collective efforts of all of us rendered for the provision of the significant service for the Rananiru community amidst various difficulties. +Focus was made during this year on organizing programmes of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority that did not hider to the corporate plan and the working programme of the Authority. +I am confident that all the experiences we had during this period would be very useful to achieve a more systematic and constructive progress in the coming year. +To reach the expected heist in performances of an institution will depend on the parallel functioning of namely three areas of functions of the institution, the team and its personnel who make arrangements to make the functions a reality. +To elaborate, due to the non-identification of the role and inability to make it a success through collective efforts causes divisions in the group. +Development of such divisions in an institution may result in a negative impact on the whole functioning of the institution, following a breakdown of the trend of satisfying individual members of the group. +We in the Ranaviru Sewa Authority, have understood this situation clearly and have made arrangements to discharge the functions of the Authority systematically, this will result in the morale of the individual vying to high a level while mobilizing the collective efforts of the staff as a specific objective to achieve next year. +The most important step that has been initiated in this regard is the reorganization of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority staff to make that structure more constructive and suit the modern requirements. +Steps are being taken to implement it next year. + + +Chairperson, +Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Our Functions +(According to Ranaviru Sewa Authority Act no.54 of 1999) +(a) To provide for the after care and rehabilitation of members of the Armed Forces and the Police Force who have become disabled in action +(b) To provide houses and to assist in building those +(i)- Members of the Armed Forces and the Police Force who were disabled in action and +(ii)- The dependents of the members of the Armed Forces and the Police Force who have been killed or are missing in action +(c) To provide or assist in the provision of medical care to +(i)- Members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have become disabled in action and +(ii)- The dependants of the members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have been killed or are missing in action +(d) To enable +(i)- Members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have become disabled inaction and +(ii)- The dependants of the members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have been killed or are missing in action to have access to education and higher education by the provision of scholarships and other forms of assistance. +(e) To assist +(i)- Members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have become disabled in action and +(ii)- The dependants of the members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have been killed or are missing in action to secure gainful employment +(f) To set up industrial, agricultural or commercial ventures with a view to providing employment to the +(i)- Members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have become disabled inaction and +(ii)- The dependants of the members of the Armed Forces and Police Force who have been killed or are missed in action +(g) To take action and implement all necessary action for the achievements in the functions of the Authority +Targeted beneficiaries +The mission of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority is to look after the welfare of a targeted group of beneficiaries identified under the specific category. +Those beneficiaries are, +- Dependents of war heroes who have made the supreme sacrifice or missing in action in safe guarding the country and the nation numbering over 29934. +- War heroes who were disabled in action in safe guarding the motherland War heroes who lost their lives/missing and became disabled up to the year 2011 provincial wise +Province +War heroes who lost their lives (including those missing) +Disabled and retired war heroes +Total number of war heroes +Southern Province +Western Province +Central Province +Sabaragamuwa Province +Uva Province +North West Province +North Central Province +North and East Province +Total +Number of families of war heroes who lost their lives/missing up to the year 2011 provincial wise +Province +Married +Unmarried +Objectives +1. To establish an effective communication through mobilizing individual Ranaviru families scattered all over the island in a manner bringing honor and dignity to the Ranaviru name +2. To create a team of Ranaviru family members with self- confidence and make them content +3. To ensure the ownership of a permanent house to each Ranaviru family +4. Provision of blocks of land for the land less Ranaviru families for the construction of houses +5. Provision of financial assistance to the war heroes and their immediate families to meet urgent needs +6. To uplift family members of war heroes with self- confidence +7. To engage the disabled war heroes to work with self- confidence +8. To set up model villages highlighting the Ranaviru name +9. To conduct National Ranaviru remembrance ceremonies reflecting our undying gratitude for the utmost services rendered by the war heroes and to add the names of war heroes of our era to the history of our country +10.To make war heroes who have protected the freedom independence and territorial integrity of the motherland at the cost of their lives or limbs or missing, immortal in the chronicle of Sri Lanka +Approach for the year 2011 +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority since its establishment in 2000 for the welfare of the family members of war heroes who had made the supreme sacrifice for the protection of the independence of the country and those missing in operations and those who were made to retire on medical grounds following losing the limbs in operations and their family members has been planning and implementing programmes annually on ten priority areas during the past 11 years till 2010 and in 2011 commenced the implementation of progarmmes and projects under five areas. +This is in addition the welfare services that have been implemented for the benefit of the present war heroes in the services. +Project budget +Money was spent on welfare services in the year 2011 with the approval of the Management Board according to the budget containing provisions for 05 areas of the authority and the media. +The progress of the projects has been given under each head of project. +Board of management +The Management Board comprised of the following members since the beginning of the year 2011. +Staff of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority +The Staff of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority comprises of permanent, contract and employees who are seconded for service. +The number of staff members has not been increased though the number of programmes has gone up significantly in 2010 compared to those of its beginning. +We have made representations to the treasury on the instructions of the Management Board of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority on this status and the necessity and a workshop was also held with a view to planning our next course of action. +In 2011 plans were prepared in this regard. +During the last two years 14 trainees who were referred to us by the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) and were under going training at this authority were recruited on contract basis and in 2011 out of them 10 were employed another 04 NAITA trainees were also recruited in this year. +These recruitments helped very much in the smooth functioning of the Authority. +Head office of the Authority +The non--existence of a permanent building to house the Ranaviru Sewa Authority is the main problem encountered by the Authority from in the inception. +In 2009 it was able to buy a permanent building on Galle Road , near Bambalapitiya, The modification of that building to suit to an office with more upper floors was started in 2010. +It is expected to shift the Head quarters of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority to this building in first quarter of 2012. +Receipt of financial assistance +For the functioning of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority, financial provisions are provided through the following sources. +1. From the annual treasury allocation for administration and other day today activities. +2. For the implementation of projects financial contributions are made through Jayaviru lotteries and subsequently Supiri Wasana Sampatha +In addition contributions in the form of cash and kind are donated by both local and foreign donors for the implementation of the welfare activities coming under projects of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority. +Funds have been invested in banks with a view to generating income to meet the requirements of planning and the implementation of projects to meet the necessities of the Ranaviru beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority. +A better investment plan was implemented for this. +Details of income received through the treasury and the lottery in the year 2011 have been indicated in this annual report in final accounts report. +Special programmes implemented during the year 2011 +1.Ranaviru Remembrance Week +The first flag was pinned on His Excellency the President on 11th of May at Temple Trees. +In parallel to this programme, during the Ranaviru remembrance week declared by the president (May 11 to 18th), arrangements were made to hold various programmes throughout the island.Ranaviru remembrance functions were held under the patronage of Provincial Governors. +2. National Ranaviru Remembrance Day +The main function organized by the Ranaviru Sewa Authority to commemorate the war heroes who had made the supreme sacrifice for the protection of the country was held at the Ranaviru Monument at Sri Jayewardenepura parliamentary sports grounds under the patronage of H.E.the President. +The Three Forces and the Police conducted the traditional honor of guard The Hon Prime Minister. Hon. Speaker Religious Dignitaries, Parliamentarians, Governors, Chief Ministers of provinces, Secretary to H,E, the President Secretary Defence and government officials, Joint Chief of Satff, Commanders of the Three forces, Inspector General of Police, Heads of government institutions, Members of the Diplomatic Corp, Defense attaches of embassies, close relatives of he dead and missing war heroes and disabled war heroes were also present at this function. +This function is held in May annually. +3.Deyata Kirula +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority had a stall at the Deyata Kirula exhibition grounds at Buttala held from 4th to 9th February to communicate to the people the government’s development drive with the participation of all government organizations and the private sector. +This exhibition was extremely useful to enlighten the public about the welfare services and other programmes undertaken by the Authority for the benefit of Ranaviru community +4.Donation of three wheelers +A donation of three wheelers was made to the disabled war heroes under a joint programme of disabled welfare and concessionary loan project of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority was held under the patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister and other distinguished guests including the Commander of the Armed Forces, the event was held at the Army Grounds of Galle Face Green on the 18th of November 2011 +Three wheelers were gifted to 170 disabled war heroes. +5.Presentation of UttamaPuja Pranama Medals +A programme to present awards of Uttama Puja Pranama Medals to value their contribution to the parents of war heroes who offered their children to the battle field and wives and children of war heroes was held district wise. +Accordingly, Uttama Puja Pranama awards ceremonies were held in 17 districts this year. +Methodologies to achieve targets and objectives. +The authority implemented 10 projects on two main targets. +1. Bringing the Ranaviru families into the society with a strong morale and a pride of vision. +2. Provision of material resources on a priority basis required for war heroes and their families to reach a higher living standard socially. +All programmes on these two directions were prepared incorporating suggestions and ideas of the Ranaviru community and with the knowledge of experts. +The action plan prepared in that manner is being implemented with the consensus of the Ranaviru community. +01. The following projects are being implemented for bringing the Ranaviru families into the society with strong morale and a pride he vision. +1. Ranviru Community Project +2. Psychosocial Support Project +3. Welfare Project for disabled war heroes +4. Ranaviru Remembrance Project +5. Ranaviru Villages Project +02. Projects for the provision of material resources on a priority basis required for war heroes and their families to reach a higher living standard socially. +1. Housing Project +2. Concessionary Loan Project +3. Land Project +4. Scholarships Project +5. Skills Development Project +In 2011 these projects were implemented under five categories taking into account the similarities of such subjects. +1. Data and Information Division +2. Division for Empowerment of Physical and Mental Health +3. Education, skills and Economic Development +4. Respect and Dignity of war heroes +5. Social and Cultural Division +1.Data and Information Division +Objectives +Maintenance of the Ranaviru data base +Information analyzing and explanation +1.Data and Information Division +One of the main objectives of the Data and Information division is the compilation of a data base containing details and information of service organizations in accordance with clause 9 and 3 of chapter 6th of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority act and maintaining it while being updated. +Compilation of data base +A software system has been developed with the assistance from Information Technology Education Department of the Moratuwa University. +The questionnaire has been finalized adding whole information related to socio-economic information of the Ranaviru community. +They have obtained the assistance of the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs to gather relevant details by visiting their houses. +Arrangements have been made to make the data base operational in 2012 with the completion of the data survey. +Serial no +Activities +Progress +Gathering internal information +Selection of a public institution with skills for membership survey +Ended +Compilation of a fact sheet (adding Psychosocial and economic information) +Ended +Development of a software system under the supervision of the Authority +Ended +Selection of 15 survey conductors by each Provincial Officers and training them. +Ended +Conducting an initial survey and reviewing it +Ended +Gathering data (With community , Grama Niladari,and Divisional Secretary) +In progress +Internal computer networking +Initial work has been commenced. +Table 1 Development of Ranaviru Database. +In 2012 Focus will be directed on the following matters +Computerization of information +Conducting a 10% sample survey +Speedy computerization of information in respect of each project +Educating the staff on entire methodology +Responding to the messages received through software +Updating members’ information +Identification of members and conducting reviews +Updating software at the provincial offices monthly and daily referring of them to officers in charge of provinces +Translation and Computerization of list of names for gazette notification +The main objective of this is the preparation of the list of names of the recipients of the Uttama Puja medals on district basis to be gazetted. +Lists of districts of Kandy,Puttalam, Polonnaruwa, Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha, Batticloa, Trincomalee, Badulla, Kegalle, Anuradhapura, Kunuragala, Hambantota and NuwaraEliya are available. +Targeted numbers +Progress during the year +447819(Approximately) +Table 2. Translation and Computerization of list of names for gazette notification +Issue of identity cards to close relatives of war heroes for the purpose of granting priority +As a remedy to a main problem encountered by the Ranaviru community at the regional level in giving priority, at the request of the Ranaviru community and under the guidance of the Ministry of Defence, identity cards are issued to close relatives of ranaviru families to establish they are members of Ranaviru families. +1043 identity cards exceeding the target of 1000 were issued in 2011 to close relatives of ranaviru families. +year +targeted numbers +progress +Table 3. Issue of identity cards to close relatives of war heroes for the purpose of granting priority +Diagram 2. Issue of identity cards to close relatives of war heroes for the purpose of granting priority +A long period of time is required to issue the entire number when considering the manner they apply for them and a much time has to be spent to complete the related work till the issuance. +Hence as an alternative arrangements have been made to issue identity cards to close relatives of Ranaviru families using the data base from 2012 +Provision of Financial assistance over a death of a war hero or any other disaster +At the same time the family of such a war hero is enrolled to the Ranaviru community project. +Financial assistance has been granted in the following manner. +Year +Targeted numbers +Progress for the year +Table 4. Provision of Financial assistance over a death of a war hero or any other disaster. +Diagram 3. Provision of Financial assistance over a death of a war hero or any other disaster. +All payments in respect of the year 2011 were made. +Supporting the Uttama Puja Pranama Medals presentaion +List of names and relevant details were furnished for the Uttama Puja Pranama Medals presentation. +Printed lists of names and the summary of information in respect of the Hambantota and NuwaraEliya were provided. +02. Empowerment of physical and mental health +I. Psychosocial support project +01. Health clinics +Health clinics held in 2011 +Serial no. +Date and place +27.11.2011 – at Buttala Divisional Secretariat for the Monaragala district community members( during the Deyata Kirula exhibition) +10.06.2011- at Nagoda Family Care Hospital ,Nagoda for Kalutara district community members (during the National Ranaviru month) +13.12.2011- The medical clinic scheduled to be held at the Kabithigollewa Central College was postponed due to urgent work. +02. Obtaining assistance of consultants of outside institutions +Initial coordination was arranged but it was decided to implement in 2012 due to a decision of the restructuring programme structure (As instructed by the Chairperson) +03. Psychological programme +Serial No +Province +District +Date and Venue +programme +No. of programme +Western +Colombo +Gampaha +17.12.2011-Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha +Psychological workshop +Kalutara +South +Galle +Matara +Hambantota +Central +Kandy +Matale +Nuwaraeliya +Uva +Badulla +Monaragala +Sabaragamuwa +Kegalle +Ratnapura +North Central +Anuradhapura +Two-day residential training workshop for Disabled war heroes +Abhimansala Suwa Sewa Nikethana,Anuradhapura +Polonnaruwa +Eastern +Ampara +Trincomalee +North western +Kurunegala +13.10.2011 – Shilpa Shalika Hall,Kuliyapitiya +Psychological workshop +Puttalam +22.11.2011- Sudasuna Hall, Chillaw +Psychological workshop +Total +04. Practical difficulties that emerged in organizing workshops +The targeted schedule of conducting programmes could not be achieved in the backdrop of the failure in the part of the provincial officers who were entrusted the job of organizing necessary programmes at the provincial level and educating about the project. +05. Medical Assistance +The targeted objective of this programme is granting financial assistance to war heroes and members of the Ranviru families who need treatment / surgeries due to serious ailments who face financial difficulties as they belong to the low income group. +2011 targeted number of financial assistance +on requests as and when received Allocation for 2011 +Amount of financial assistance granted - +Number of applications issued in 2011 - +Number of requests received +Written requests +Through telephones (approximately) +Medical Assistance Programme +Serial No. +Applicant's Name +Community / D.S +War hero's +Name +Service/servicex.No. + +Ambagamuwa + + + +Ambagamuwa + +Medadummbara + +Talawa + +Matale + + +Kuruwita + +Meegahakiula + +Yatinuwara + +Horana + + +Galgamuwa + +Horambawa + +Pathadumbara + +East +Kandy + +Kesbewa + +Alawwa + + +Kuliyapitiya West + +Talawa + +Mawanella +Remarks +03. Approval of the management board was granted to decide by a special panel on the monthly assistance that could be granted when a beneficiary is unable to submit a specific financial estimate for treatment. +06. Granting medical loans +Number of loans targeted for 2011 -20 +Number of loans granted in 2011 -05 +Number of applications issued in 2011 -20 +Number of request letters received in 2011 +Written -08 +Through Telephone (approximately) -07 +Direct requests calling at the project -05 +Medical Relief Loan programme +Serial No +Applicant +Service/community +Service number + +Navy + +Army + +Police +Sub-Inspector + +Army + +Army +The majority of applicants who applied for the medical relief loan programme during the last years were war heroes in service. +There is a decline in the of number of requests for Medical Relief Loans received this year in comparison to other years, This is due to Army welfare unit introducing a special medical loan programme in 2011 for members of the army in service. +Reasons for non-obtaining loans by some/ certain applicants half way during the process . +01. Inadequacy of remaining service period of most of the medical relief applicants being an obstacle in releasing loans. +02. Minimizing the need of obtaining loans as applicants are receiving sufficient financial assistance for surgeries. +03. Inability of obtaining loans prior to the surgery. +04. Rejecting acceptance of loans made by applicants since they were unable to obtain it as they had undergo surgeries suddenly. +07. Ranaviru children’s skills evaluation programme +This programme is meant to evaluate the skills of children of hose dead or missing, disabled and in service war heroes and their siblings . +Applications were entertained from 2009 to December 2010 and winners were selected and categorized at various levels out of those applications. +The main function was held at John de Silva Theatre ,Colombo 7 on 07.04.2011. +Those winners included 310 who excelled in education, sports, esthetics, languages and activities out of subject. +The Selection of the 2010 winners provincial wise for children’s skills evaluation programme is as follows +Serial No. +No. of winners +08. Single Counseling (Psycho Counseling Support) +Single Counseling support was extended to the war heroes and members of their families who sought such a service regarding their mental and family problems and we rereferred to the Psychosocial Division during the year. +Persons who sought single counseling support were referred to the counseling officer of the Department of Social Services at the closest Divisional Secretariat, as there is no suitable place in the building, where the head office is temporarily housed. +Activities engaged in other projects of the Authority +01. Inspection of houses being built in the Monaragala district and scheduled to open in parallel to the Deyata Kirula exhibition that took place on 5th and 6th of January. +02. Participated in Wellawaya community meeting in the Monaragala district on 7.01.2011 representing the Authority. +03. Supported the initial organizing work and participated in Ranaviru Day function. +04. Supported the organizing work and participated in the distribution of three wheelers organized by the Disabled ranaviru welfare project. +05. Supported the distribution of letters in respect of yhe Uttama Puja Pranama medal awards presentation. +Activities carried out in coordination with outside institutions +Institution +Date and Venue +Programme +Programmes conducted with Family Planning Association +13.09.2011-Anuradhapura Northern camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +14.09.2011-Medawachchiya women corp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +15.09.2011- Oddusudan Army camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +04.10.2011-Mankulam Army camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +05.10.2011-Kilinochchi Army camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +06.10.2011-Kankasnathurei Women’s Army corps.camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +18.10.2011-Dehiattakandiya Army camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +03.11.2011-Trincomalee Navy camp +Health Clinic and Counseling Programme +Common difficulties +01. Non-receipt of adequate support from certain provincial officers in organizing workshops generally being held outside the Head Quarters. +02. Sending time for urgent special programmes at the cost of general programmes. +03. Problems encountered by the staff due to inadequacy of space in the office. +04. All three persons attached to the project are women. +Services of an officer are needed for technical and other requirements in organizing outside workshops and other related activities. +II. Disabled Ranaviru welfare project +01.Distribution Three Wheelers -2011 +Objective +To ensure that the war hero and his family members are well placed in the society in a strong position both mentally and economically through measures for averting transport difficulties he faces due to becoming disabled and easing transport means of their family members and providing opportunities for them to contribute for the development of the liberated country, +Target group +The disabled war heroes of the Armed Forces and the Police who were made to retire on doctor’s recommendations following being disabled in action and the disabled war heroes of the Armed Forces and the Police who have to remain at home on medical grounds. +Progress +The target for the year has been achieved +Assistance for sanitary facilities -2011 +Objective +Provision of financial assistance for the building a bath room with a security fence for use of the disabled war heroes as a step of relieving them from difficulties they face in the day today work. +Making travel arrangements up to the house of the war hero and for providing other necessities. +Target group +The disabled war heroes of the Armed Forces and the Police who made to retire while on duty on doctor’s recommendations +The Service + +Progress +The target for the year has achieved +Equipments for the disabled 2011 +Equipment +Quantity +Artificial foot +Hand aid +Wheel chairs +Hearing aid +Equipments needed for disabled war heroes such as artificial feet, hand aid, wheel chairs, hearing aid, crutches, water beds are distributed with the support of local and foreign donors as a step of relieving them from difficulties they face due their disability status. +The Authority provided only one artificial foot +Residential training workshops for the disabled war heroes - 2011 +Objective +The activities under taken during this assignment include looking after the welfare of the disabled war heroes and their family members, encouraging them to initiate self employment programmes as a measure of enhancing the economy, guiding for bhawana for boosting of the morale and spiritual wellbeing and presentation of cultural items for their entertainment With the participation of resource persons these workshops are held for two days at the provincial level. +Progress +A workshop was successfully concluded at Monaragala in the Uva Province. +03.Education, Skills and Economic Development Division +I. Skills Development Project +Introduction +Improvement of the earning capacity of families of those dead, missing, retired with disability and in service war heroes who have done much for safe guarding the country and the people, through enhancing capacity while imparting practical and theoretical knowledge in different fields to suit to their education qualifications and talents. +Vision +Enhancement of the earning capacity of family members of war heroes according to their capacity and talents +Mission +Creating a conducive back ground for family members of war heroes while improving their self confidence, identifying their skills and directing them to courses and assignments with a view to imparting technical and technological knowledge and training to suit their skills and direct them to the income generating process. +Objectives +To make family members of war heroes a group bringing with self-confidence and skills by making an attitudinal change in them +Identifying the training needs based on talents and skills of Ranaviru family members and guide them for imparting technical and technological knowledge and training and making available opportunities. +Being referred for jobs and encouraging them for self-employment. +Enhancement of thrift and savings of Ranaviru family members +Skills Development Project +Development of computer centers +Awarding semi scholarships for educational and vocational courses +Granting village advisory allowances +Conducting language courses +Granting aid for self employment +Conducting provincial workshops on self employment +Granting loans for self employment +Granting loans for skills development +Linking with various institutions to meet the needs of family members of war heroes through skills development project +Special projects under the skills development projects +New computer centers and Development of existing computer centers +One important task of the skills development project is to make provision for family members of the war heroes and of those who retired with disability improve their computer knowledge. +50 computer centers are being effectively run by the Authority as of the end of 2011. +Most of computer maintenance jobs of these computer centers were done using the knowledge and skills of the project without bearing additional costs. +Progress of computer centers was reviewed this year as well and the progress and deficiencies were brought to the notice of the chairperson, the project manager and provincial officers in writing. +Instructors’ fees were paid only to the instructors who completed the specific number of hours of teaching. +Examinations were conducted for students who completed computer courses and certificates were issued to about 200 students who completed the courses successfully. +The Telecommunication Regulatory Commission contributed for the development of infrastructure of computer centers this year. +Conducting workshops for Computer Instructors +A two day training workshop for Computer Instructors at the computer centers of the Authority scattered through out the island was held at the Moratuwa university on 3,4 December 2011 in collaboration with the Moratuwa university with full support of the Vice Chancellor, the Dean of the Information Technology faculty and the staff. +Categorization of computer centers provincial wise +Western Province +1. Agalawatta +2. Nugedolawatta +3. Udupila Delgoda +4. Keragala +5. Wathupitiwala +6. Kosgama +7. Dodamgoda +8. Dompe +9. Gampaha +10.Walbotalegama +Sabaragamuwa +1. Mawanella +2. Nivitigala +3. Balangoda +4. Kegalle +5. Embilipitiya +6. Rambukkana +Central +1. Balagolla +2. Walpane +3. Hanguranketha +4. Ganga Ihala Korale +5. Ukuwela +6. Galewela +Uva +1. Madulla +2. Perahettiya +3. Mahiyangana +4. Wellawaya +5. Passara +6. Medagama +7. Kataragama +North Western +1. Ibbagamuwa +2. Nikaweratiya +3. Anamaduwa +4. Mallawapitiya +5. Polpitigama +6. Narammala +South +1. Mapalagama +2. Lunugamwehera +3. Weligama +4. Lunama +5. Neluwa +North Central +1. Rambwa +2. Kekirawa +3. Galnewa +4. Medawachchiya +East +1. Kantale +2. Gomarankadawela +3. Nawagampura +4.Dehiattakandiya +Locations of Computer centers +Computer training workshop – Moratuwa University +Conducting English training workshops +A workshop to train English Instructors selected from community and the villages for improving English knowledge of family members of war heroes at community and the villages was conducted on the 12th and 13 th of December at Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Training Institute by the Skills Development project of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority. +13 English Instructors participated in this workshop +Awarding semi scholarships for educational vocational courses +Granting skills aid +The objective of this project is improving technical and technological education and vocational skills of children of war heroes with a view to pave the way for successful employment in future. +Granting skills aid +District wise +District +No of beneficiaries +Payment of village instructor’s allowance +This programme has been designed to provide financial contributions, advise and make direction the upgrading the skills and technological proficiency in various fields. +An instructor is paid of Rs, 4000 per month as an encouragement. +Courses such as dancing, music, computer science, pre-schools and English language studies are used in this regard. +Location of centers +Western +1.Watupitiwela +2.Keragala +3.Kosgama +4,Udupila +Central +1.Balagolla +North Central +1.Rambawe +2.Kekirawa +3.Galnewa +Uva +1.Perahettita +2.Welimada +North Western +1.Ibbagamuwa +East +1.Kantale +2.Nawagampura +South +1.Mapalagama +Granting Self Employment aid -2011 +Under this project, financial assistance is given to the Ranaviru families of those dead, missing, retired with disability and those who die or become disabled while in service due to causes outside the operations, to begin a self employment or to improve an existing one. + +The self employment target of 40 for 2011 was achieved by the end of year giving financial assistance to 40 beneficiaries. +Progress of offering self employment assistance – Provincial wise +Progress of offering self employment assistance – District wise +Progress of offering self employment assistance – Industrial wise +Industry +No of beneficiaries +Sewing clothes +Animal husbandry +Bridal dressing +Brick making +Handicraft production +Groceries +Sale of fruits +Mushroom cultivation +Sale of clothes +Making of brown paper bags +Making alter wicks +Making of door mats +Flower cultivation +Packaging of dates +Sale of toys +Sale of sweets +Grinding mill +Packeting lime +Packeting dried fish +Total +Progress of offering self employment assistance – Services wise +Service +No of beneficiaries +Army +Air force +Navy +Police +Total +Offering self employment assistance – break down for the years +year +Number +Total +4. Conducting workshops on self employment +The aim of this effort is to identify the different self employment projects specified to some areas in the country and educate the interested Ranaviru families to be engaged in them. +Four workshops were held in 2011 in (04) provinces. +North Western Province +Workshop on the Batik industry +Central Province +Workshop on the manufacture of the glue for School, cleaning liquid for toilet and hand washing soap, and entrepreneurship +Sabaragamuwa Province +Workshop on the manufacture of sweets +Western Province +Workshop on the manufacture of leather products +05. Granting self employment loans +Under this project loans are given to the families of those dead, missing, and those retired with disability to begin a self employment or to improve an existing one. +The target for granting self employment loans in 2011 was 25 and loans had been issued to 19 persons by the end of the year . +Progress of granting self employment loans +Progress of granting self employment loans- District wise +Progress of granting self employment loans- Trade wise +Trade +No. of beneficiaries +Grocery +Sewing clothes +Home gardening +Carpentry +Betal cultivation +Sale of toys +Anthurium cultivation +Manufacture bag +Progress of granting self employment loans- Services wise +Service +No. of beneficiaries +Army +Air Force +Police +Navy +Granting skills development loans +During 2011 under the skills development loan scheme loans were given to 13 beneficiaries selected from among close relatives (daughter, son, wife) of war heroes who had sacrificed their lives for the country and those presently in the service serving the country and for parents and siblings of the unmarried, for taking part in international competitions in accordance with their talents to bring glory to the country. +Granting skills development loans- 2011 +1. World volleyball tournament of the disabled held in Kampuchea 2011 +2. To purchase air tickets to participate in 1st Volleyball tournament of the disabled played while being seated held in Beijing China +3. For participating in a Karate competition held in India +4. For participating in a Karate competition held in India +Linkages with different institutions for meeting requirements of Ranaviru family members through Skills development projects +Arrangements were made through the skills development project, to link Ranaviru family members with different government and non-government institutions to meet their identified necessities such as job opportunities, getting jobs confirmed, following study and vocational courses, enhancement of artistic talent, and participating in trade exhibitions. +Break down of beneficiaries who gained help through the linkages 2011 +Special Projects under the Skills Development Project +Holding a self employment products sale stall at the Dayata Kirula Exhibition +A self employment products sales stall was opened at the Dayata Kirula Exhibition 2011- Buttala by the Skills and Economic Development project at which products of 15 beneficiaries were on display for sale. +Annual progress in summary +Province +Self-employment Assistance +Self-employment Loans +Aid for studies & Courses +Skills Development Loans +II.Housing loans +Objective +The objective of this project is to grant concessionary the loans under housing loan programme in order to raise wellbeing of the Ranaviru families economically and mentally. +Granting housing loans +Granting community housing loans +Granting village housing loans +Granting housing loans for those in the service +Housing loan programme - community +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority has introduced this housing loan scheme to make the dream of a house of Ranaviru families a reality . +Community housing loans are granted for the following purposes +a. To build a new house +b. To improve the existing house +c. For renovation +The Ranaviru family members of the community are eligible for community housing loans. +01. Close relatives of war heroes who had died in action +02. Close relatives of war heroes missing in action +03. Close relatives of war heroes who became disabled in action and retired. +Granting of community housing loans 2011 +Granting of community housing loans +Services wise +Service +No. of beneficiaries +Army +Air Force +Navy +Police +Granting village housing loans +The Ranaviru Sewa authority has introduced this housing loan scheme to make the dream of house of the Ranaviru families living in Ranaviru villages a reality. +Village housing loans are granted for following purposes +a. To build a new house +b. To improve the existing house +c. For renovations +The Ranaviru family members in the Ranaviru villages are eligible for village housing loans +01. Close relatives of war heroes died in action +02. Close relatives of war heroes missing in action +03. Close relatives of war heroes who became disabled in action and retired +The Ranaviru villages that received village housing loans in 2011 +The name of the village +No of loans granted +Pelendagoda +Pasyala +Perahettiya +Lunugamvehera +Progress of granting village housing loans Graphics for year 2011 +03.Housing loan programme- for those presently in the service +The objective of this project is to grant concessionary loans under housing loan programme in order to help war heroes and the police presently in service to fulfill their aspirations. +Concessionary loans are also available for the present members of the Armed forces and the police, The Loans percentages are: Army 40%, Navy 15%, Air Force15%, police 25%. +their loan applications can be collected from respective Welfare directorates. +Parties benefited +01. Members of the Armed services with at least 12 year service record (5 more year service period needed) +02. Members of the police with at least 20 year service record (5 more year service period needed) +Housing loan programme- for those presently in the service +The Service +No. of beneficiaries +Army +Air Force +Navy +Police +III. Educational scholarships project +Introduction +The Educational project of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority is operative in view of helping the children of war heroes who have died, missing, retired disabled while engaged in action for safeguarding the country and the people, and those who are presently in the services, to continue their education up to their higher education successfully . +The scholarships categories +1. Ranaviru children savings investment scholarships +This scheme commenced in 2005 in collaboration with the National Savings Bank. +It also expected to improve their savings habit as this system allows the account holder to make private contributions to it. +This money is meant for the education of the children concerned and not for the enhancement of the family income. +Most of the Ranaviru children presently belong to the lower age group and they enter the higher classes at the time of retirement of the War hero after completion of his service period of 12 or 22 years. +Further with the retirement of the War hero the family income declines. +This happens at a time they need much money for the education of the child. +It is imperative, to be prepared with, some form of investment being made for these children considering these facts. +As an initial step, this programme covering Ranaviru children who have shown remarkable results, is carried out in collaboration with the National Savings Bank, a leading state bank in the saving sector. +The progress of awarding saving investment scholarships to Ranaviru children in 2011. +Referred anticipated +Awarded +Community members +Applications of community members were referred via community and all applicants who applied were awarded with scholarships. +Distribution of scholarships among services +Service +No.scholarships +Army +Navy +Air Force +Police +S.T.F. +Distribution of scholarships according to district +2. Education scholarships +It will be decided whether to make the payment for a year or two based on the Grade in which the student is studying. +Progress in awarding educational scholarships in 2011 +Break down of awarding of scholarships among Services +Districtvice sholarship distribution +3. Scholarship awarding ceremonies +Date +District +No.Scholarships to a District +Scholarships from the Kuwait Govt +Colombo(Kosgama) +Puttalam +Galle +Kurunegala +Kandy/ NuwaraEliya +Matale +Ampara +Badulla +Anuradhapura +Kalutara +Scholarships to Students who passed the year 5 scholarship Examination +Annual Progress summory of scholarship project +Serial No. +programme +No. awarded +Education scholarships(GCE O/L,A/L) +Ranaviru Children’s Savings Investment Scholarships +Scholarship awarding ceremonies +Number of scholarships +1V Foster parents programme +Introduction +The children of war heroes in the armed services and the police who are dead, missing and became disabled while engaged in operations for the safeguarding the territorial integrity of the country, are the beneficiaries of this programme for the provision of scholarships with the support of local and overseas donors. +In the event of the suspension of a scholarship it will be paid again with funds from the authority. +The payment will continue till the children sit for the GCE A/L and it is stopped thereafter. +Objectives +1. Helping school children of low income Ranaviru families to complete their education successfully untill their higher education +2. Directing donations from local and overseas donors who are interested in the welfare of war heroes +3. Arranging financial sponsorships of donors for the benefit of Ranaviru children with disabilities or those who are sick +Targeted groups +1. School age children of war heroes who have died or have become disabled due to causes outside operations and belong to the category of low income families +2. School going children of war heroes who have become totally disabled, +3. Disabled or ailing children of war heroes who are presently in service/dead/disabled or missing. +The scholarship count 0f the children of war heroes in the year 2011 +Month +Scholarships initiated with the Authority’s funding +Scholarships initiated with contributions from donors +No. of payment-completed scholarships in the year 2011 +Month +No. of Scholarships ceased +January +February +March +April +May +June +July +August +September +October +November +December +Total +The payment of money in aid was suspended since the beneficiary children have completed their studies and two children had died. + +Amount of Expenditure for the Authority funded scholarships – Rs. 2333500.00 + +Amount of Expenditure for donor funded scholarships +Medical aid for disabled and sick war heroes and children of war heroes +File no. +Name of the war hero or the child +Disabled status or ailment +Service rendered or money paid + + +A totally disabled war hero + + +A Ranaviru child who has lost her right foot +This money still has been deposited in the account division and the beneficiary has been informed by a letter that money would be total amount required for the purchase of an artificial foot is collected. + +A Ranaviru who has suffered from disease in relation to muscles. + +A child suffering from a bone disease + +A child suffering from an eye ailment +Distribution of new scholarships began 2011 district wise + +In the year 2011 +The project received a large number of applications. +Majority of them were returned due to shortcomings in them +Arrangements were made to send letters informing each child who was selected and awarded a scholarship within the very same month. +Arrangements were made to provide the donors with details of recipient children to whom they will provide aid. +An acnowledgement confirming the receipt of money and a letter thanking for providing the funds were sent to each donor. +In 2011, in addition to granting scholarships, arrangements were made to find money through donors, to meet the cost of providing electricity to the house of the mother of a war hero and to give school stationery to one Ranaviru child. +V. Mapiya Surekum Programme +Data in respect of new beneficiaries +No. of new recipients +No. of rejected applications +Amount paid in 2011 +Target of new beneficiaries for the year concerned +Number awarded +Though it was expected to grant Mapiya Surekum to 150 persons only 113 were covered in 2011 since there were no applications from districts. +Provincial breakdown of new beneficiaries +Serial No. +Province +No of new beneficiaries +Central +Western +East +South +North Central +Sabaragamuwa +Uva +North Western +Payment for old beneficiaries +Money is deposited twice a year (once in 6 months) in respect of beneficiaries covered by the Mapiya Surekum programme. +The amount of first six months(January to June) +Expenditure +The amount of last six months(July to December) +Expenditure +Late deposits +Expenditure (January to June) +Late deposits +Expenditure (July to December) +Roles and Daily Responsibilities: +Dealing with the Kirulapone Branch of the National Savings Bank where accounts of all parents of Mapiya Surekum programme have been opened +Educating the parents to send their account books to the post office Branches of the National Savings Bank in their district. +Arranging letters of awareness to post office branches through the National Savings Bank. +Compilation of data base containing details of all beneficiary parents of Mapiya Surekum programme +Making arrangements through salary and record division to get updated lists of names of parents who receive 25% of the salary and the cancellation the Mapiya Surekum accounts of parents who receive the salary +Making arrangements for the cancellation of dead parents’ accounts +Sending a list of new beneficiaries to all Community Officers +A request with relevant details, submitted to the Management Board for approval for granting Mapiya Surekum benefits to parents of war heroes who have died from non-operational causes was turned down. +Compilation of project reports +The letters sent by parents explaining problems were referred to the relevant authorities and replies were sent in respect of problems that could be resolved arrangements were made to reply correctly the telephone calls from beneficiaries and worked with relevant banks. +As the Mapiya Surekum beneficiaries include elderly persons we have to attend often to jobs related to their accounts since most of them do not understand the details regarding the bank accounts though they were repeatedly explained +V1.Housing aid project +New payments for 2011 +Expected number +Rejected number +Number of payments made +Target of new beneficiaries for the year concerned +Number achieved +Provincial breakdown of new beneficiaries +Serial No. + +Arrangements were made to provide housing aid to 38 persons in the Anuradhapura District in view of the Deyata Kirula programme. +Payment of installments to 16 beneficiaries was completed. +District Officers have made arrangements to distribute cheques in respect of housing aid under the patronage of the Governors and the beneficiaries were educated by this project. +Value of payment of installments in respect of housing aid prior to 2011(January to July 2011) +Serial No. +Province +2 No. of installments +3 No. of installments +Amount of money +Responsibilities and Roles +Preparing files of new beneficiaries and completion of shortcomings in the files +Preparation of 2011 ledger as instructed by the Accounts Division and categorizing files on a district basis +Preparation of a list of old housing aid recipients +Obtaining progress reports on the work the old housing aid recipients who have completed the installments +Sending letters to all the Community Presidents regarding the housing aid +Referred the requests for housing aid received from close relatives of war heroes who have died from non-operational causes to Project Manager for the preparation of the list and necessary action. +Educating the housing aid recipients +Replying to letters regarding the housing matters and referring them to Provincial Officers and looking into problems brought up by beneficiaries over the phone. +04. Ranaviru Honor and Dignity Division +I. Ranaviru Remembrance Project +The Ranaviru Honor and Dignity Division can be described as one of the principal and unique divisions of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority. +The objective of this division is to create respect in the society towards the war heroes and creating self esteem in war heroes themselves and maintaining this social status consistently. +This division has entered into several individual projects to achieve this objective. +1. Conducting Ranaviru Remembrance ceremonies at the national and the regional levels +2. Maintenance of Ranaviru monuments and parks and making necessary payments +3. Ranaviru common welfare activities. +Sub- programmes operative under this project +1. National Ranaviru day +2. Awarding of Ranaviru Uttama Puja medals +3. Adorning of Ranaviru flags +4. Provincial Ranaviru seminars +5. Mailapitiya park maintenance and making payments +6. Preventing activities detrimental to the Ranaviru name +7. Ranaviru Remembrance programmes with outside institutions +8. Regional Remembrance parks and halls +Programmes conducted +Remembarance program conducted in national and provincial level +National Ranaviru day function was successfully held at the Parliamentary sports ground on May 18th 2011 +Awarding of Ranaviru Uttama Puja medals took place in 17 districts. +Adorning of Ranaviru flags took place in 8 provinces. +8 provincial Ranaviru seminars were held. +One Ranaviru Remembrance programmes was conducted with outside institutions + +Maintenance Ranaviru monuments and parks and making payments +Mailapitiya Park maintenance +Water bills +Electricity bills +Telephone bills +Payments for maintenance services +Payments for maintenance items +Payments due for building new Ranaviru monuments +Ranaviru common welfare activities. +Government service transfers of close relatives of war heroes +Issue of recommendations and extending support necessary at the school’s entrance of Ranaviru children. +Sending letters and assisting in securing building material at concessionary prices for building houses for Ranaviru families. +Educating the relevant authorities and making arrangements to name roads in the name of war heroes +(Recommendations and instructions were issued about appeals and requests that were being received daily in this regard.) +Special Prgrammes +This medal awards presentation had a good influence on creating respect and self esteem towards the war heroes’ relatives in the name of the war hero. +National Ranaviru Day function was successfully held at the Ranaviru monument at the Parliamentary sports ground with the participation of H.E. the President and the Secretary of Defence. +Ranaviru celebrations were held at the regional and provincial levels through out the island recollecting the dignity of the war heroes and to remind the people that the war heroes are a respectable group in the society the regional and provincial level ceremonies resulted in reaffirming the Ranaviru families as heroic families with dignity. +11. Land Project +Introduction +Provision of shelter to the relevant families is a very special and complex aspect in delivering the services of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority for the benefit of war heroes and their families. +In most cases war heroes and their families encountered difficulties in finding places (land) to build houses even though encouragement with providing financial facilities are made available to get a suitable house built for living through the Housing and concessionary loan scheme. +Non- availability of a block of land is a barrier to secure other welfare requirements. +The land unit of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority took this situation into consideration making arrangements to provide blocks of land to war heroes and also helped indirectly to find them land for housing +Vision. +Provision of suitable land for housing and living +Mission +Provision of suitable land for war heroes and their families for building houses for living +Objectives +a. Identification of landless war heroes and their families +b. Identification of state land or other land that can be distributed among war heroes and preparation of such land suitable for distribution. +c. Development of land earmarked for distribution among war heroes +d. Making arrangements with relevant institutions for the distribution of land among war heroes +01. Finding land +Under this programme land will be reserved through Divisional Secretariats for distribution among war heroes +Sending letters to Divisional Secretariats for gathering information on un-identified blocks of land in all districts +The identified land obtained through the above action is as follows +No +District +Divisional Secretariat +Name of the land +Extent +Kalutara +Bandaragama +Mahahena +11/2 acres +Anuradhapura +Horawpathana +Morawewa village +300 Hac. +Anuradhapura +Rajanganaya +Kurunegala +Giribawa +Nirawiyagama +Kurunegala +Rasnayahkepura +303,Udahenagama +Kurunegala +Polpithigama +No.8 and 1l 0f Ac 40 r.02 p.28 1871 of Kadagatha wewa +Puttalam +Arachhickattuwa +Grass land +Ac.35 +Kudawairankattuwa +Ac 40 +Puttalam +Anamaduwa +649 Kottukachachiya +Ac.40 +658 C Diulwewa +Ac 28 +Ac 100 +Badulla +Ridiamaliyadda +Bubulapitiya +Ac 40 +Badulla +Passara +Ihala Ambatenna +Ac40 +Ampara +Arrangements have been made with the Civil Defence Ministry and the Department of Prison to clear the land that is donated to the Authority and those earmarked for distribution in collaboration with Divisional Secretariats +~ The services of government approved surveyors’ will be obtained to finalise the survey of these lands. +02. Distribution of land +01.Names of 210 war heroes who qualified at the interviews were sent to the Madurawela Divisional Secretariat for distribution land from Nagahakanda estate in Madurawela. +Nagahakanda Estate in Madurawela +Extent +- Ac19.77 +No. of blocks for distribution +- 210 +02. Meegahakiula Land, Badulla +The list of 241 applicants in the Badulla District who had been referred to the Authority for obtaining land was recommended and sent to the Meegahakiula Divisional Secretariat. +03.Development of land earmarked for distribution among war heroes +Allocation of money to Divisional Secretaries for development of land earmarked for distribution among war heroes in collaboration with the Divisional Secretariat. +Districts where the land observation was made are as follows +Desiwattha- Akmeemana +- Galle +Yakabedda Akuressa +- Matara +Sooriyagahawela Koragahawela Land +- Hambantota +Meegahakiula Land +- Badulla +Telbeddawattha land +- Badulla +Droping Wattha Land +- Badulla +Hingurana Peranigama Damana +- Ampara +Balangoda Meda Koralegama Land +- Ratnapura +4.Helping war heroes to get land and assisting them in settlement of land issues. +Recommendations for land +Some war heroes having applied for a block of land from the Mahaweli Authority requested our recommendation for it. +In such cases their details will be collected through applications and those details will be forwarded to welfare directorate for approval. +so subsequently recommendations sent to institutions concerned Recommendations issued during the year are as follows +Service +Army +Navy +Airforce +Police +Total +Institution +Mahaweli Authority +DivisionalSecretariat +Land Reform Commission +Land Commissioner’s offices +Helping war heroes to get land issues settled +Letters received from the war heroes for securing help in solving problems such as getting deeds or licenses for the land they settled on and getting the approval for building a house are referred to institutions concerned requesting priority for them. +Requests received during the year are as follows +Matters +Referred institution +Getting deeds or licenses +Settlement of land issuses and Approval for house building +other +Total +Mahaweli Authority +Divisional Secretariat +Land Reform Commission +Land Commissioner’s offices +Housing Development Authority +Land Ministry and Other Institutes +Agrarian Service Department +05. Social and Cultural Division +1. Community Project +Budget 1: Community Cluster Programmes +Expected No. +Progress +Expenditure +Completed No. +Rs. +Programmes +Programme to promote friendship of Kurunegala District community members held on 21.04.2011 +Programme to promote friendship of Puttalam District community members held on 24.04.2011 +Programme to promote friendship of Gampaha District community members held on 22.04.2011 +Programme to promote friendship of Colombo District community members held on 22.04.2011 +Making arrangements for the unveiling of a Ranaviru monument erected by Naththandiya Ranaviru community. +Unveiling of a Ranaviru monument erected by Hanguranketha Ranaviru community on 07.06.2011 +Unveiling of Ranaviru monument erected by Pujapitiya Ranaviru community ya on 09.06.2011 +Making financial contribution for Pirith chanting pinkama organized by Hanwella Ranaviru community ya +Organized the participation of the wives of war heroes for the Indonesian cultural show held on 07.09.2011 at BMICH +Organized the participation of war heroes for a programme held at the Rupawahini Corporation +A Function with the participation of war heroes ,was held at Dodamgoda entrance prior to the opening of Southern Express way on19.11.2011 +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority and the Western Province Ranaviru community conducted a Bodhi puja on 24.11.2011at the Gangaramaya temple - Hunupitiya. +Budget 2: District awareness +Expected No. +Completed No. +Monthly progress +Expenditure +Rs. +District Committee meetings of Badulla and Monaragala of Uva Province were held on 07th & 08th of May 2011 +Kandy District Committee Meeting on 18.07/2011 +Matale District Committee Meeting on 19.07/2011 +Puttlam District Committee Meeting on 25.07/2011 +Ampara District Committee Meeting on 04.08/2011 +Badulla District Committee Meeting on 08.08/2011 +Anuradhapura District Committee Meeting on 18.08/2011 +Kalutara District Committee Meeting on 22.08/2011 +Gampaha District Committee Meeting on 29.09.2011 +Polonnaruwa District Committee Meeting on 24.10.2011 +Budget: 3 Spiritual and social programmes +Expected No. +Completed No. +Monthly progress +Amawaka Poya Day Religious Programme in June +Taking part in the Religious Programme held at the Kebithigollewa Bodhiraja Temple organized by Kotavehera Ranaviru Community. +In October the Amawaka porgramme was held at the Kahatagasdigiliya Viharaya +Bhawana programme was held for disabled war heroes at the Sri Sudarsanarama Viharaya, Polgasowita on 20.12.2011 for their spiritual benefit. +Budget 4: Retaining the membership and making a success the actions of community +Expected No. +Completed No. +Progress +Annex 01 +Property, Plant and Equipment +General Account +Descriptions +Office Furniture & equipment +Plant,Machinery & other office equipment +Vehicles +Total +Cost as at 1 st January 2011 +Additions +Disposables/Adjustment +Cost as at 31st December 2011 +Depreciation +Accumulated Depreciation +as at 1st January 2011 +Income & Expenditure A/C +Accumulated Depreciation +as at 31st December 2011 +Net book Value +as at 31st December 2011 +Projects Accounts +Descriptions +Building & Structures +Office Furniture +Plant,Machinery & other office equipment +Vehicles +Total +Cost +As at 1st January 2011 +Additions +Disposables/Adjustment +Cost +As at 31st December 2011 +Depreciation +Accumulated Depreciation +as at 1st January 2009 +Disposables/Adjustment +Income & Expenditure A/C +Accumulated Depreciation +as at 31st December 2011 +Net book Value +as at 31st December 2011 +Annex 02 +Fixed Deposit +Projects 2011 +Rs +Education Project +Ranaviru Remembrance & Benevolent Project +Annex 03 +Stocks +Projects 2011 +Rs +Ranaviru Remembrance & Benevolent Project +Stocks have been valued at lower of cost and net realizable value after making due allowing for obsolete items. +Annex 04 +Short term Investment -Bank OF Ceylon +General Account +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +04-1 Repos Investment +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +04-2 Treasury bill Investment +Ranaviru Remembrance & Benevolent Project +04-3 Fund Management Account +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Skill Dev. Project +Socio - Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Remembrance & Benevolent Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 05 +Loan Balances +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +05-1 Receivable Interest income +Treasury bill Interest income +Ranaviru Rememb. & Benevo. Pro. +Fixed Deposit Interest income +Education Project +Saving Account Interest income +Disable War Heroes Project NSB +05-2 Loan +Distrest Loan +Concessionary Loan Project +1. Housing loan (Service) +Housing loan (community ) +Housing loan (Gammana) +2. Medical loan +3. Self Employment loan +4. Three wheal loan +5. Education loan +Education Project +Education loan +05-3 Service Charges +Concessionary Loan Project +1. Housing loan (Service) +Housing loan (community ) +Housing loan (Gammana) +2. Medical loan +3. Self Employment loan +4. Three wheal loan +5. Education loan +05- 4 Jayaviru lottery income +05-5 Housing Project +Psychosocial Project +05-6 Advance +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +05-7 Festival Advance +General Account +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 06 +Deposits +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Annex 07 +Saving Accounts balances +Projects 2011 +Rs +SMIB -Housing Project +NSB- Education Project +NSB- Psychosocial Project +Bank Of Ceylon -Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Annex 08 +Cash Balance +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +BOC- General Account +BOC- Housing Project +BOC- Education Project +BOC- Skill Dev. Project +BOC- Psychosocial Project +BOC- Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +BOC-Disable War Heroes Project +BOC- Concessionary Loan Project +Aneex 09 +Current Liabilities +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +09-1 Personal Emoluments +Salaries Payable A/C +Accrual EPF +Accrual ETF +Accrual Over time & holyday pay +Concessionary Loan Project +Accrual Allowances +Concessionary Loan Project +09-2 Traveling Expenses +Concessionary Loan Project +09-3 Supplies Expenses +Stationary +Fuel & Lubricants +Concessionary Loan Project +09-4 Maintenance Expenses +Vehicle Repairs +Building Maintenance +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +09-5 Contractual Services +Accrual Transport /rent Concessionary Loan Project +Accrual Telephone Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Accrual Electricity Concessionary Loan Project +Accrual Security Service Expenses +Accrual Janitorial Service Expenses +Accrual News paper +Accrual Audit Fees +Accrual Translations fees Concessionary Loan Project +Accrual Plant, Machinary& equipment +Accrual Office Furniture & Equipments +09-6 Others +Creditors -S Jayathilake +09-7 Housing Project +Accrual Donation (Housing) +09-8 Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Government functions +Ranaviru Park Maintenance +Accrual Meadia activities of all project payable +Accrual Publication Royalty +Accrual Bills +09-9 Concessionary Loan Project +Refund A/C +Other payablles +Aneex 10 +Non-Current Liabilities +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +A Provision for Gratuity +Balance as as 01st January 2011 +Add +Provision for the period +Less +Gratuity piad +Balance as as 31st December 2011 +Annex 11 +Interest income +11- 1 Repos/Fund Management Interest income +General Account +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +11- 2 Treasury bill Interest income +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +11- 3 Fixed Deposit Interest income +Education Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +11- 4 Saving Account Interest income +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Annex 12 +Service Charges +Projects 2011 +Rs +Concessionary Loan Project +1. Housing loan (Service) +Housing loan (community ) +Housing loan (Gammana) +2. Medical loan +3. Self Employment loan +4. Three wheal loan +5. Education loan +Annex 13 +Ranaviru Flage Sales income +Projects 2011 +Rs +Housing Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Annex 14 +Donations +Projects 2011 +Rs +14- 1 Donations Local +Education Project +Disable War Heroes Project +14- 2 Donations Forigen +Education Project +Annex 15 +Others +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Other receipt +General Account +Housing Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem. & Benivo. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 16 +Personal Emoluments +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Salaries & Wages +E.P.F +E.T.F +Gratuiry +Over time, Holiday pay +Allowances +Annex 17 +Travelling Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Domestic +Housing Project +Education Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 18 +Supplies +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Stationery & Office requisites +Fuel & Lubricants +Entertainment & Sundry expenses +Annex 19 +Maintenance Expenses +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Vehicle Repairs +Office Equipment Repairs +Building Maintenance +Annex 20 +Contractual Services +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Transport +Telecommunication +Postal Charges +Electricity +Water +News papers +Licencence & Insurance +Janitorial Service +Security Service +Rents +Consultancy service +Annex 21 +Other Recurrent Expenses +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Audit fees +Office Equipment Service +Printing +Translation fees +Training Expenses +Others Expenses +Annex 22 +Projects Operating Expenses +Annex +Projects 2011 +Rs +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Project transferred +Annex 23 +Finance cost +Projects 2011 +Rs +23- 1 With holding tax +Housing Project +Education Project +23- 2 Debit Tax +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +23- 3 Bad Debeters +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 24 +Cash and cash equivalents at end of period +Annex +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Short term Investment +Saving Accounts balances +Cash at Bank +Annex 25 +Adjestment +Projects 2011 +Rs +Housing Project +Skill Dev. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 26 +Salaries & Wages +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 27 +E.P.F +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account 1516583.31 +Housing Project 32976.00 +Education Project 39571.20 +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 28 +E.T.F +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 29 +Gratuiry +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 30 +Over time, Holiday pay +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 31 +Allowances +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Housing Project +Psychosocial Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 32 +Stationery & Office requisites +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 33 +Fuel & Lubricants +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 34 +Entertainment & Sundry expenses +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 35 +Vehicle Repairs +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 36 +Office Equipment Repairs +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 37 +Building Maintenance +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Psychosocial Project +Annex 38 +Contractual Services +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +Transport +General Account +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 39 +Telecommunication +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Disable War Heroes Project + Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 40 +Postal Charges +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 41 +Elecricity Expenses +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Education Project +Annex 42 +Water +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 43 +Licencence & Insurance +Projects 2011 +Rs +Housing Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 44 +Rents +General Account 2011 +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Annex 45 +Consultancy service +Projects 2011 +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 46 +Office Equipment Service +Projects 2011 +Rs +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 47 +Printinng +Projects 2011 +Rs +General Account +Disable War Heroes Project +Annex 48 +Translation fees +Projects 2011 +Rs +General Account +Housing Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 49 +Training Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +General Account +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 50 +Others Expenses +General Account +Projects 2011 +Rs +Rs +General Account +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Annex 51 +Housing Project Operating Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Donation (Housing) +Development of Lands insfastructor facilities +Land Expences +Donation for lands +Function Organisation +Officers & Members Training Pro. +Activated Rana viru community & Members Attraction +community District comity Meeting +Mobil Service & community Pokuru programme +community Id Card +community Account Opening +Emergency Subsidies Programme +Dudaru kusalatha programme +ranaviru suwada +Home & Industrial tranning Programme +Rana viru Gammana Prejasala +Adarsha Ranaviru gammana Programme +Organisation Works +Annex 52 +Education Project Operating +Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Donation (Housing) +Function Organisation +NSB Hapan Scholarship (O/L,A/L) +Froster parents Scholarship +Special Scholarship Donation +Special Donation +Self Employment Donations +Self Employment Traning Programme +Instructors fees +Donatoin for new computers +Festival activitis of Computer center +Computer Certificate +Traning Instructors +Harf Scholaship for technical & Educational Course +Rana viru Gammana Instructors Fee +Mapiya Surakum Programme +Mapiya Surakum Programme inspection +Annex 53 +Psychosocial Project Operating Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Meadia activities of all project +Data Collection +Annex 54 +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project Operating Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Join with National events +Ranaviru Park Maintenance +National Ranaviru day Expenses +work with External Institution1 +Medil Programme +Meadia activities of all project +Annex 55 +Disable War Heroes Project Operating Expenses +Projects 2011 +Rs +Function Organisation +Medical Related Aids +MEDICAL CLINIC +Psychosocial Programme +Psychosocial skill tranning Programme +Donation for Disable war Heroes (Bathroom & Fittings) +Disable war Heroes Training Programme +Annex 56 +Project transferred +Projects 2011 +Rs +Housing Project +Education Project +Skill Dev. Project +Psychosocial Project +Ranaviru Rimem.& Benivo. Project +Disable War Heroes Project +Concessionary Loan Project +Actions was initiated to reactivate the inactive Ranaviru community and the revival of community in the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa Districts from August 01 to 07 2011. +The Chairperson made a visit to look into the situation of Mundalama community - 2011.11.16. +Total Amount +Expenditure heading 5: Financial assistance in emergencies +Expected No. +Completed No. +Progress +Note +Assistance +Total +Expenditure heading 6: Leadership Training workshops +Expected No. +Completed No. +Monthly progress +Note +Expenditure heading 7: National and regional functions +Expected No. +Completed No. +Progress +Note +Participation in the discussion held in Anuradhapura regarding the Deyata Kirula exhibition (2012 Deyata Kirula) +Total +Other notes +Organized community members for National Ranaviru day 2011 +Presidents and Secretaries of all community were informed by letters about the National Ranaviru day +Obtaining lists of names of members participating in the function from all community +Issued permits to all those members +Arrangements were to ensure the members’ participation in the National Ranaviru day ceremony. +Letters were sent to community secretaries requesting details of Ranaviru community accounts. +Letters were sent to community presidents informing of the National Tree Planting day on 15.11.2011 +Letters requesting the participation of community members to the function to be held at Dodamgoda entrance prior to the opening ceremony of Southern Express way were sent to community of Agalwatta. Palindanuwara. Dodamgoda. Bulathsinhala.Matugama. Walalawita, and Kalutara. +Arrangements were made to pay the transport and corporate allowance to Provincial Officers. +Arrangements were made to pay monthly allowance to trainees of the National Apprenticeship board while being attached to Provincial Offices. +Coordinated the community meetings that were held at the Divisional secretariats by the Provincial Officers. +Remarks +Money allocated for Social and Cultural Division under 6 budget in 2011 was not used for any work,This division undertook several activities for the achievement of the targets set by the Ranaviru Sewa Authority for them. +All programmes of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority are operative at the provincial level and that process is based on the relationship between the Provincial Officers and the Ranaviru community. +Hence we made aware of Provincial Officers about all programmes, break down of allocation of provisions, provincial wise, and organization of these programmes in 2011. +We made arrangements to gather information from Ranaviru community regarding the two prime programmes namely Ranaviru community Federation and the annual awareness programme under this action, information in respect of community office bears and community accounts was collected. +The Mapiya Surekuma programme for the benefit of Ranaviru parents is operative under the Economic Development Division Initial work such as providing necessary information and selection of beneficiaries is the responsibility of the Ranaviru community and Provincial Officers This also covers compilation of information needs for the voted programme. +Programmes are also operative from the Children’s scholarship and mental empowerment programmes. +Our division, under the allocated vote, was unable to organize any programme other than gathering information +II.Ranaviru Village programme +Expenditure heading 1: Ranaviru Village Home gardening programmes (RVSA/08/01) +1.Paid for purchasing tools and seeds for the home gardening programme of Nawagampura Ranaviru village. +2.Supplying plants and seeds for home gardening programme of the Walbotale Ranaviru village +3.Supplying cash prizes to winners from 1st and 6th place of home gardening contest of Ampara Nawagampura Ranaviru village. +4.Payment of 3rd installment for the construction of textile building of the Ibbagamuwa Ranaviru village +5.Supplying cash prizes for winners of home gardening contest of Mapalagama Ranaviru village. +6.Supplying cash prizes for winners from 1st to 6th place of the home gardening contest of the Walbotale Ranaviru village. +Expenditure heading 2: Friendship promotion programmes among Ranavitu Villages (RVSA/08/04) +1. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Watupitiwala Ranaviru village +2. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Digana Rajawella Ranaviru village +3. Supplying prizes for the Aurudu festival conducted by the Nugedolawattha Ranaviru village +4. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Virusahana Ranaviru village +5. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Galnewa Ranaviru village +6. Supplying bags for the Salawa Ranaviru village +7. Supplying Loudspeakers to the Salawa Ranaviru village +8. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Pelendagoda Ranaviru village +9. Supplying prizes for the Bakmaha Ulela conducted by the Mapalagama Ranaviru village +10. Participating at a function for handing over of deeds to the Ranaviru families of the Salawa Ranaviru village +11. Paying cash for pirith chanting pinkama at the Pelendagoda Ranaviru village on 25 and 26.06.2011 +12. Paying cash for a pirith chanting pinkama at the Lunama Ranaviru village on 03.08.2011 +13. Attending foundation laying for housing ceremony at Galgamuwa Ranaviru village on 27.10.2011 +14. Attending a concert of pre-school children of Watupitiwala Ranaviru village and inspection tour to Walbotale Ranaviru village +Expenditure heading 3: Infrastructure for Ranaviru villages (RVSA/08/05) +1. Payment of balance installments for the construction of community hall building at Nugedolawatta Ranaviru village. +2. Granting funds for the construction of community hall building at Welawaya Ranaviru village. +3. Payment of final installment for the construction of community hall building at Perahettiya Ranaviru village +4. Attending the inauguration of construction of community hall building at Hunumulla navy Ranaviru village +5. Surveying construction of community hall building at Nugadola wattha Ranaviru village(twice) +6. Payment of first installment for the construction of community hall building at Galnewa Ranaviru village +7. Inspection tour on community hall building built at Nugedolawattha Ranaviru village and ranaviru villages at Watupitiwala, Keeragala and Udupila +8. Paying cash for prizes to children took part in a concert and an art exhibition of pre-school at Perahettiya Ranaviru village +9. Being paid money for renovationof play compound at Galnewa Ranaviru village +10. Purchasing dancing items for distribution among Ranaviru villages +11. Purchasing musical instruments for distribution among Ranaviru villages +12. Purchasing sports items for distribution among Ranaviru villages +1. Taking necessary action regarding the letters received from Ranaviru Villages. +2. Taking necessary action regarding the Deyata Kirula National Exhibition. +3. Intervening in solving requests and problems forwarded by the Ranaviru village members and coordinating with outside institutions where necessary. +4. Letters referred to the Kekirawa Pradeshiya Sabha for necessary action in connection with on going construction work of pre- school building at Kekirawa Ranaviru Village. +5. Collection of new information of Ranaviru Villages and computerization of it. +6. Informed the Ranaviru Villages to plan programmes to mark National Tree Planting Day. +7. Sought a decision from the evaluation committee to make payments for the establishment of public halts. +8.Arrangements were made to purchase library books for use of members of Ranaviru Villages. +Making available funds for construction of community halls in Ranaviru Villages. (2011) +Parahettiyagama Ranaviru Village +Estimated cost +Share of Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Ranaviru Village society has completed all work of community hall. +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority has ended funding +Nugedolawattha Ranaviru Village +Share of Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Ranaviru Village society has completed all work of community hall. +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority has ended funding. +Wellawaya Ranaviru Village +Share of Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Ranaviru Village society has completed all work of community hall. +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority has ended funding. +Kekirawa Ranaviru Village +Share of Ranaviru Sewa Authority +Amount paid +The balance +The balance will be paid once the work is completed. +Ibbagamuwa Ranaviru Village +Estimated cost +Money has been paid in three installments for community hall and the final installment will be paid once the work is completed +Galnewa Ranaviru Village +The balance will be paid once the work is completed. +In addition the following activities were also under took in Ranaviru Villages +1. Purchasing prizes for pre-schools. +Salawa Ranaviru Village +2. Supplying loudspeakers. +Salawa Ranaviru Village +3. Financial contributions for new year events. +Watupitiwala Ranaviru Village +Digana Rajawella Ranaviru Village +Nugedolawattha Ranaviru Village +Virusahana Ranaviru Village +Galnewa Ranaviru Village +Pelandagoda Ranaviru Village +Mapalagama Ranaviru Village +4. Providing money for pirith pinkam. +Pelendagoda Ranaviru Village +Lunama Ranaviru Village +5. Being paid money for renovation of play compound. +Galnewa Ranaviru Village +6. Provision of tools and seeds for home gardening. +Nawagampura Ranaviru Village +Mapalagama Ranaviru Village +Walbotale Ranaviru Village +7. Funding for construction of community halls. +Galnewa Ranaviru Village +Wellawaya Ranaviru Village +III. Culture +Literature Art Festival 2011- Ranaviru Suwanda Programme +Cost +01. Compilation of Ranaviru Suwanda Literature Art Festival items and preparation of application and approval for the way it is conduced. +02. Peperation of paper advertisement calling for applications and publishing it in newspapers (conducted by calling quotations). +For the preparation of paper advertisement +Sunday Lankadeepa +Sunday Silumina +03. Printed applications were sent to the community, villages, Sewa Vanitha units and welfare services of security forces and Defence Academy for obtaining entries. +04. Categorizing applications and computerization of them. +05. Arranging selection competitions. +06. Foods obtained from the Army. +For Food +07. Selecting judging panels and making them aware. +Payments for judges for competitions other than written competitions and auxiliary artistes +Fees for written competitions +08. Making children aware of competitions. +09. Conducting competitions. +Charges for halls Rs.10400.00 + +Sound system +10. Preperation of results sheets +11. Drawing cheques for presenting cash prizes +Prize cash +Total cost +Conclusion + +The motive of the Ranaviru Sewa Authority is making the tomorrow of these respectable children a better and secured one. +We consider that the steps taken by the Ranaviru Sewa Authority to make its action plan more result-oriented for accomplishing its aim of meeting needs of war heroes is an achievement in 2011. +One remarkable feature that was highlighted in 2011 was the implementation of hither to scattered project fields bringing under five principal categories in conformity to the vision of paying gratitude of the nation to the ranaviru name. +We believe that as a result of this action we were able to fulfill the necessities of war heroes more effectively. +The staff of the authority while working with minimum facilities have set an example by extending their services with dedication to achieve goals. +Since we have taken several steps to improve the status of Office building and staff we expect that we would be able to provide more efficient and useful service for the Ranaviru community. +The Ranaviru Sewa Authority also focuses on improving skills and education of Ranaviru children. +Accordingly actions were initiated to advance the Ranaviru children’s language knowledge particularly English knowledge, cultural programmes were conducted in Ranviru villages with a view to improve aesthetic skills, and streamlined computer courses for them. + +We are pleased to state that we will continue our task of creating a better living condition that care for the dignity of Ranaviru community of the nation who have completed a very difficult but a responsible task with dedication that protected the supreme liberty, sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity of Sri Lanka and have ensured the protection and security of all communities while setting an example to other countries. +P.S. No. 2014/286 - Third Instalment - Part I - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Agrarian Development Fund - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Agrarian Development Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments of Financial Statements +1.2.1. Accounting Deficiencies +1.2.2. Unexplained Differences +The following observations are made. +That had not been rectified even by the end of the year under review. +1.2.3. Accounts Receivable and Payable +The following observations are made. +1.2.4. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations, and Management Decisions +Non-compliances observed are given below. +Reference to Laws, Rules and Regulations +Non-compliance +(a) Public Finance Circular No. PF/423 of 22 December 2006 Paragraph 4 (3) (c) +A statement of Changes in the Accumulated Fund had not been furnished separately. +(b) Financial Regulation 371 (5) +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +3. Operating Review +3.1. Management Inefficiencies +The following observations are made. +A course of action for the efficient collection of those installments had not been formulated for the recovery. +This amount in arrears represented 51 percent of the total amount of loans granted. +(d) The loans granted for trailers of two wheel tractors for 2 districts had been totally in arrears while the recoveries of 15 districts had been at a minimum level of 10 per cent. +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Budgetary Control +The following observations are made. +(b) Since there was a significant variance between the budgeted and the actual figures, the budget had not been used as an effective management control. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Commissioner General from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Recovery of Acreage Tax +(b) Settlement of Deposit Accounts +(c) Recovery of Loans +(d) Utilization of Assets +(e) Grant of Advances +P. S. No. 2013/279 - Second Instalment – Part II - State Corporations - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Ayurvedic Medical Council 2012 +1. Financial statements +Audit Opinion +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 2.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Ayurvedic Medical Council as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Accounting Deficiencies +The following accounting deficiencies were observed. +1.2.2. Lack of Evidence for Audit +An updated register on information in respect of Ayurvedic practitioners, dispensers, and nurses registered in the Ayurvedic Medical Council as at 31 December 2012 had not been presented for audit. +Further, information on registered Ayurvedic practitioners published via the internet had not been updated and an updated register had not been prepared according to each district. +1.2.3. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +Non-compliances with the following laws, rules, regulations and management decisions were revealed. +(a) Even though in terms of Section 11(1) (e) of Part III of the Ayurvedic Act No. 31 of 1961, 03 members elected out of registered Ayurvedic practitioners should be included in the composition of the Council, no practitioners registered in the Council had been included in it. +(b) According to the Ayurvedic Medical Council Paper No. 14/13/08 (3) dated 15 July 2005, practitioners should renew their registration once in five years with effect from 01 January 2006. +Further, despite having decided to charge a registration fee for same, it had not been done even by 31 December 2012. +In addition, legal obstructions existed in implementing this decision and amendments regarding the said matter had been forwarded to the Department of Legal Draftsman. +Even though it had been informed that the Medical Council had decided on 03 April 2012 to carry out future activities after approval of revised ethics, the said legal drafts had not been approved up to June 2013. +02. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +2.2. Analytical Financial Review +Operating activities of the Council during the year under review and the analytical review of financial results as compared with the preceding year are given below. +Year 2012 +Year 2011 +(Decrease/ Increase) +Percentage (Decrease/ Increase) +Income–Government Provision +Other Operating Income +Total Income +Administration Expenditure +Other Operating Expenditure +Total Expenditure +Annual Deficit/ Surplus +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +3.1.1. Registration of Practitioners +Practitioners on registration of doctors during the year under review and two preceding years are given below. +As at 31 December 2012 +As at 31 December 2011 +As at 31 December 2010 +General/ Physician +Degree Holders +Diploma Holders +Traditional +Traditional Special +Snake Bite (Sarpavisha) +Fractures & Dislocation (Kadum Bindum) +Eye Diseases (Akshi Roga) +Skin Diseases (Charma Roga) +Boils & Ulcers (Gedi Vana) +Hydrophobia (Jalabhithika) +Burns & Scalds (Davum Pilissum) +Mental Diseases (Manasika Roga) +Hos Compresses & Moxibustions (Vidum Pilissum) +Other +Total +Number of Traditional-Special Practitioners for Eye Diseases (Akshi Roga), Skin Diseases (Charma Roga), Boils & Ulcers (Gedi Vana), and Burns & Scalds (Davum Pilissum) had increased by a number less than 05 in the year 2012 in relation to the year 2011 and Traditional-Special Practitioners had not been registered under Hydrophobia (Jalabhithika), Hos Compresses & Moxibustions (Vidum Pilissum) and other, after the year 2010. +Registration of practitioners in each year for the past five years is given below. +Practitioners +Degree +Diploma +Traditional +Traditional Special +Following observations are made in this regard. +(a) In relation to year 2008, registration of all types of other practitioners except Diploma holders had decreased in the year 2012. +(b) A decrease of registration of Traditional Special Practitioners had been revealed and it had been 129 in the year 2008, while in the year 2011 it had decreased to 68 and increased to 85 again in the year 2012. +(c) Registration of Degree Medical Practitioners in the year 2009 had been 190 and it had gradually decreased to 135 by the year 2012. +3.1.2. Appointing Committees +Even though the following sub-committees had been appointed continuously from the year 2008 to the year 2012, the intended purpose had not been achieved due to the committee being inactive. +(a) The Professional Program on the Indigenous Medicine for fractures and dislocations +(b) Committee on Establishing Data Bases Related to Indigenous Traditional Knowledge +(c) Sub-Committee on the conservation of the medical practice for Hos Compresses & Moxibustions which are on the verge of nonexistence +(d) Revision of the syllabus for the registration of Traditional Medical Practitioners +(e) Sub-Committee for the conservation of Veterinary Medical Practice. +3.1.3. Action Plan and the progress of the year 2012 +Following activities mentioned in the Annual Action Plan in the year 2012 had not been carried out. +(a) Enforcement of the legal framework of the Ayurvedic Medical Council, and formulation and implementation of the regulations under the Ayurvedic Act +(b) Improving the process of granting professional accreditation +(c) Categorization of Medical Practitioners based on existing professional qualifications +(d) Identification of the Code of Professional Ethics of the Ayurvedic Medical Practitioners +(e) Establishing a process of investigating the professional behaviour and conduct of the Ayurvedic Medical Practitioners +(f) Improvement of performance through updating the assets and facilities of the Ayurvedic Medical Council +(g) Take action to minimize irregularities occurring in Ayurvedic Conservation Councils and to build up a direct relationship with the Council +(h) Professional Development Programmes +(i) Special programmes +(j) Entering the data in respect of the Ayurvedic Medical Practitioners in the Official Web site +Even though the total number of Medical Practitioners registered by 31 December 2012 was 20,713, the number of names of the Medical Practitioners entered in the Official Web site of the Ayurvedic Medical Council was 3,000. +This web site has been launched on 27 September 2010. +3.2. Staff Administration +Particulars on the staff of the Medical Council as at 31 December 2012 are given below. +Position +Approved Cadre +Actual Cadre +No. of Vacancies +Annual Salary +Registrar +Management Assistant +Office Labourers +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Internal Audit +Following observations are made. +(a) An internal audit unit had not been established in the institution. +(b) Even though the internal audit of the Ayurvedic Medical Council should be carried out by the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine, an internal audit relevant to the year 2012 had not been carried out. +However, an audit had been carried out by the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine only in one instance in the year 2011. +4.2. Audit Committees +Audit committees had not been established in the institution and the Medical Council had participated in the Audit and Management Committee conducted by the Ministry of Indigenous Medicine. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Chairman of the Council from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Update of the Registration of Ayurvedic Medical Practitioners +P. S. No. 2014/325 - Third Instalment - Part V - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Excise Reward Fund - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Excise Reward Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments On Financial Statements +1.2.1. Accounting Deficiencies +The following observations are made. +(a) A Main Journal had not been maintained in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for rectification of accounting errors, adjustments and closing entries. +1.2.2. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The following non-compliances were observed. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations etc., +Non-compliance +(a) Section 17of the Tobacco Tax Act, No. 8 of 1999 +Out of the fines collected under the Tobacco Tax Act, 25 percent can be used for the payment of rewards. +Although a Reward Fund according to a scheme proposed by the Minister and under the control of the Commissioner General of Excise should be established as per the Section 17 (ii) of the Act, such Fund had not been established even by 31 October 2013. +(b) Financial Regulations 756 +(c) Treasury Circular No. 1A1/2002/02 of 28 November 2002 +A Register of Fixed Assets had not been maintained for computers, computer accessories, and software. +(d) Management Audit Circular No. DMA/2009/02 of 01 September 2009 +A Register of Fixed Assets had not been maintained for the assets purchased under the Excise Reward Fund. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +The following observations are made. +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Budgetary Control +The methodology for the payment of rewards for commendable work, acts of bravery, or acts of special recognition in terms of Section 4.5 of the Excise Notification No. 818 of 04 March 1994 had not been made effective even by 31 October 2013. +4.2. Corporate Plan‍ +A Corporate Plan had not been prepared for the achievement of the Vision and Mission of the Fund. ‍ +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Commissioner General of Excise from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Establishment of the Reward Fund under the Tobacco Tax Act +(c) Assets Control +P. S. No. 2014/310 - Second Instalment – Part XI - State Corporations - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +National Design Centre - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the National Design Centre as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards for Small and Medium Enterprises. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Unreconciled Control Accounts +1.2.3. Accounts Receivable and Payable +The following observations are made. +1.2.4. Lack of Evidence for Audit +The evidence indicated against the following items appearing in the financial statements had not been furnished to audit. +Item +Value +Evidence not made available +Rs. +(a) Fixed Assets +(i) Register of Fixed Assets +(ii) Board of Survey Reports +(iii) Title Deeds +(b) Debtors +Confirmation of Balances +(c) Creditors +Confirmation of Balances +1.2.5. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The non-compliances observed during the course of audit are given below. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations, etc. +Non-compliance +(a) Treasury Circular No. 1A1/2002/02 of 28 November 2002 +A Register for Computers, Computer Accessories, and Software had not been maintained. +(b) Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003 Section 6.5.1 +Even though the financial statements and the draft Annual Report for the year under review should have been presented to the Auditor General within 60 days after the close of the financial year, only the financial statements had been presented on 26 April 2013. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +The following observations are made. +(a) The number of designs and inventions produced by the Moratuwa and Nattarampotha Project by 31 December of the year under review had been 672 and out of that 381 had been handed over to the Workshop. +The inventions handed over included 205 inventions needed for the craftsmen and 86 graphic designs. +The number of new designs and inventions of the preceding year had been 679 and number of design samples had been 321, and as compared with that the new designs and the inventions of the year under review had decreased by 1 percent. +An adequate course of action had been launched with the National Crafts Council to bring all these designs for use by the craftsmen. +There were 10 designers with the Centre and a target of a minimum number of 05 designs per month had been set for each designer. +‍However, three designers had failed to reach that target. +Furthermore, a methodology to follow up on the number of designs popularised among the craftsmen and the number of designs which had been favoured by the craftsmen had not been identified. +As such how effective the new designs produced had been, was problematic. +(b) Out of the programmes targeted in terms of the Annual Action Plan, 03 programmes had not been executed while the progress of the two remained programmes had been 20 percent and 40 percent. +Details appear below. +Activities +Expected Target for the year 2012 +Targets Achieved as at 31 December 2012 +Percentage of Achievement +Recurrent Activities +Training of Trainers +Number of New Design Training Programmes +Number of Participants +Providing Training and Technology for Development of Designs +Diploma in Higher National Designs +Intermediate Diploma in National Designs +Providing Marketing Facilities for New Designs +Number of Handicrafts Products Prepared for Exhibition +Number of Handicrafts Craftsmen Participated +Number of General Public Participated +Number of Meetings of Buyers and Sellers +Number of Beneficiaries +Number of Display Centres Based on Tourists +Supply of Designs Market Facilities +(c) The training programmes targeted for holding under 09 sections within the period according to the Action Plan for the year 2012 had not been held as planned. +3.2. Management Inefficiencies +New Showroom - Battaramulla +Even though popularisation of new designs through the new showroom of the Centre had been the main objective according to the Action Plan, the said objective could not be achieved as the showroom had been closed down in the year under review. +(a) The new showroom commenced in the year 2011 had been closed down since August 2012. +3.3. Idle and Underutilised Assets +The following observations are made. +However, that remained idle over a period of 03 years. +Even though a period of 03 years had elapsed after the break down of about 20 feet of the side wall constructed near the sports ground and the car park, that had not been repaired. +(e) The officer in charge of the laboratory of the Nattarampotha Branch had proceeded abroad at the beginning of the year 2010 and that officer had not taken action to handover the inventory goods. +3.4. Staff Administration +The particulars of the staff of the Centre for the year 2012 are given below. +Category of Employees +Approved +Actual +Vacancies +Executive level +Middle level +Secondary level +Primary level +Actions had not been taken to fill 09 vacancies in the middle level and 15 vacancies in the secondary level. +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Action Plan +Even though the Centre had prepared an Action Plan for the year under review, it had failed to achieve the expected objectives. +Certain training programmes had not executed at all. +4.2. Procurement Plan +Even though the Centre had prepared and presented a Procurement Plan for the year 2012, that had not been prepared based on the Action Plan of the Centre in terms of the National Budget Circular. +4.3. Budgetary Control +Significant variances were observed between the budgeted and the actual income and expenditure, thus indicating that the budget had not been made use of as an effective instrument of management control. +4.4. Internal Audit +Even though Internal Audit Programmes had been prepared for the year 2012, the internal audit had not been done according to the programmes. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and control observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Chairman of the Centre from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Balances Receivable and Payable +(c) Assets Control +(d) Budgetary Control +(e) Conduct of Training Programmes +Ceylon Ceramics Corporation - 2012 +1. Financial statements +1.1. Adverse Audit Opinion +In my opinion, because of the significance of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements do not give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Ceylon Ceramics Corporation as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. +1.2 Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1 Sri Lanka Accounting Standards +The financial statements for the year under review had not been prepared based on the new Sri Lanka Accounting Standards effective from 01 January 2012. +1.2.2 Accounting Deficiencies +The following observations are made. +However, it had not been brought to account. +However, it had not been brought to account. +The value of 13 motor vehicles currently in use by the Corporation had not been included in the Register of Fixed Assets as well as the financial statements. +1.2.4 Accounts Receivable and Payable +The following observations are made. +(c) Bangadeniya Factory +(i) The above factory had been closed down over 10 years ago. +1.2.6 Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The following instances of non-compliance were observed during the course of audit. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations, etc. +Value +Details +(a) Section 8.3 of the Public Enterprises Circulars No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003 +(b) Nation Building Tax Act No. 9 of 2009 +(c) Value Added Tax Act No. 14 of 2002 +(d) Economic Service Charges Act No. 13 of 2006 +(e) National Defence Levy Act No. 36 of 1995 +(f) Goods and Services Tax Act No. 34 of 1996 +(g) Inland Revenue Act No. 10 of 2006 +(h) Western Provincial Finance Statute No. 6 of 1990 +2. Financial Review +2.1 Financial Results +2.2 Analytical Financial Review +The following observations are made. +The retirement of 497 employees in the year under review and the production done on the piece rate basis had affected the decrease of the cost of sales and the total expenditure by 50 per cent and 41 per cent respectively. +(b) Even though the Corporation incurred losses continuously up to the year 2011, it was observed that the Corporation earned profits in the year 2012 due to the reforms undertaken. +Year +Profit/ (Loss) +(Rs. Millions) +2.3 Analysis of Financial Ratios +Current Ratio +The Standard Current Ratio of safe institution should be 2.1. +Loan Ratio +The Standard Total Assets to External Loan Ratio of a business institution should be 1.1. +As a High Gearing Ratio is indicated, the possibility of that affecting the going concern of the Corporation cannot be ruled out. +Debtors Turnover Ratio +The debt recovery period had increased from 91 days to 255 days. +Number of Days of Debtors Turnover +255 Days +91 Days +Stock Turnover Ratio +Time taken for converting the manufactured stocks to sales had increased from 77 days to 90 days. +Number of days of Stock Turnover +90 Days +77 Days +3. Operating Review +3.1 Performance +The following observations are made. +(a) Seven Tile factories maintaining the production work of the Corporation exist and out of that 05 Factories had incurred losses in the year under review. +The profitability of those in the 05 preceding years had been as follows. +Tile Factory +Profit/ (Loss) for the year 2012 +Weuda +Elayapattuwa +Bingiriya +Mahiyangana +Yatiyana +Uswewa +Eragama +(b) The estimated production of tiles, bricks and other material by the 05 operating factories in the year under review had been 9,573,366. +The actual production units had been 3,112,050 or 33 per cent of the estimated production. +Details appear below. +Factory +Estimated Production Units +Actual Units Manufactured +Deficit Units +Eragama +Bingiriya +Mahiyangaaya +Uswewa +Yatiyana +Total +3.2 Management Inefficiencies +Ten cases had been filed in the Labour Tribunals and several other Courts relating to the respective factories by the retired employees of the Corporation against the Corporation in connection with the non-extension of their services and the arrears of gratuity. +Those had not been disclosed in the accounts. +3.3 Identified Losses +The following observations are made. +That had not been paid even up to 30 September 2013. +3.4 Existence of the Corporation +In view of the following factors it was observed that the existence of the Corporation is uncertain. +(b) The total assets to the total liabilities ratio of the Corporation for the year under review and the preceding year were 1.3. +(c) During the year under review, 497 employees out of a total of 540 employees of the Corporation were voluntarily compensated and retired. +(d) Out of the 09 factories owned by the Corporation, only 07 factories are in production at present and the balance 02 factories had been closed down due to the following reasons. +Factory +Year of Closing Down +Reasons for Closing Down +Oddusuddan +War situation +Bangadeniya +Scarcity of Raw Material +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Corporate Plan +A Corporate Plan for the Corporation had not been prepared. +4.2. Action Plan +The Corporation had not prepared an Action Plan for the year under review. +4.3 Audit Committees +According to paragraph 2 of the Treasury Circular No. PF/PS/04(XII) of 28 August 2006, if Audit Committee of the Corporation is not in operation, such Committee should be established and ensure that the Committee meets regularly and take follow up action on the recommendation of the Committee. +Nevertheless, the management of the Corporation had not paid attention to the appointment of the Committee even up to the end of the year under review. +4.4 Procurement Plan +The Corporation had not prepared a Procurement Plan for the year under review. +4.5 Budgetary Control +A budget for the year under review had not been prepared. +As such, the attention of the Corporation had not been paid to making use of a budget as an instrument of management control. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Chairman from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Utilization of Assets +(c) Debtors and Creditors Control +(d) Staff Management +(e) Achievement of Production Targets +P. S. No. 2014/286 - Third Instalment - Part I - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Construction Guarantee Fund +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Construction Guarantee Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Accounting Deficiencies +The following observations are made. +(a) A sum of paid to construction service providers during the year under review as encashment of security bonds had been written off against the profit for the year under review instead of being debited to the debtors account in order to recover it from the contractors. +The Chairman had informed that initial action had been taken at present to discuss with the institution relating to the security bonds concerned and to take appropriate subjects for arbitration. +(b) Salaries, wages and other allowances totaling paid based on external services had been classified as research and development expenditure instead of being classified as personnel emoluments. +1.2.2. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations +The following non-compliances were observed in audit. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations etc. +Non-compliance +Paragraph 2.2.1 (a) of the Public Enterprises Circular No. PED 12 dated 02 June 2003 +Annual Accounts for the years from 2000 to 2011 had not been tabled in Parliament. +Public Enterprises Circular No. PED 38 dated 14 July 2006 +It had not been registered at the Department of Inland Revenue relating to Value Added Tax whereas tax had not been recovered from the officers and remitted under Pay As You Earn Tax. +Public Enterprises Circular No. PED 39 dated 09 October 2006. +Action had been taken to assign a vehicle to a Consultant which was obtained on the basis of monthly hire of. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +The reasons mainly attributed for the increase of the financial results are given below. +Item of Income/ Expenditure +Favourable/ (Adverse) Effect +Rs. +Increase of income from Surety Bonds +Increase of income from the Treasury Bills +Increase of income from Fixed Deposits +Increase of income from Loan Interest +Decrease in write off of Income from Loan Interest +Decrease in Over Provision for Doubtful Loans +Decrease in miscellaneous Income +Increase in Salaries and Wages +Increase in other Expenditure +3. Operating Review +3.1. Transactions of Contentious Nature +The following observations are made. +(a) Even though preparation of financial statements is a normal duty of the Financial Controller, an additional charges amounting to had been paid to the former Financial Controller for preparing financial statements for the year under review. +(b) A sum of had been paid to the Institute of Construction, Training and Development during the year under review in respect of office rent, Value Added Tax and electricity charges for the years 2013 and 2014 without entering into a formal rent agreement. +However, action had not been taken to obtain the additional space up to the end of the month of April 2013. +(c) A sum of had been paid to an outside individual, who had been selected without following proper procurement procedure, for preparing Corporate Plan for the period 2012 - 2016. +It was not confirmed that action had been taken to review properly and implement this Corporate Plan or to evaluate the performance. +However, action had not been taken up to the date of this report to obtain the final report including the above criteria and publish it. +Further, fruitfulness of this expenditure had not been confirmed. +A official receipt had not been obtained for the charges paid to the tourist hotel whereas bills had not been submitted in respect of actual expenditure spent for transport and incidental expenditure. +Even though the entire had been accounted for as expenditure, information relating to the actual amount spent for the workshop, number of persons participated, and fruitfulness of the workshop had not been submitted for audit. +(f) The total hire charges paid during the year 2012 for a motor vehicle obtained on the basis of paying monthly hire charges without following proper procurement procedure amounted. +Further, details of monthly running charts relating to utilization of vehicles had not been prepared showing the distance travelled along with the milometer and utilization of fuel. +Accordingly, it was unable to assure the fruitfulness of the utilization of vehicles. +3.2. Personnel Administration +Cost of personnel for the year under review is given below. +The following observations are made relating to this cost of personnel. +Contract +External Service +Total +Number of employees +Basic salary +Provident Fund +Cost of Living Allowance +Incentive +Total Cost +Cost per person +(a) Even though all the public enterprises should restructure their organization structures in accordance with the Management Services Circular No. 30 dated 2006 September 22 and in terms of Letter No. PEDPU dated 08 July 2009 of the Department of Public Enterprises and action should have been taken to revise recruitment/ promotion procedure, cadre and salary scales and to obtain the recommendation of the National Salaries and Cadre Commission and approval of the Department of Management Services, action had not been taken accordingly. +The Chairman had informed that the Attorney General had given advice stating that it was not necessary to implement the circular relating to staff and the Board of Trustees had taken action according to their discretion under Item 4 of the Deed of Trust. +(b) Extension of service period of the staff recruited on contract basis had not been done according to the proper procedure. +(c) Salaries had been paid to the staff recruited on the basis of external services without assessing the performance. +4. Deficiencies in Systems and Controls +The following observations are made. +(a) Applications for security bonds had not been documented and the applications which were rejected had not been filed by pointing out the reasons for such rejections. +Therefore, reasons for rejection of applications which were rejected had not been subjected to evaluation according to the proper internal control procedure. +(b) Internal control procedure had not been followed so as to review or carry out technical audit whether action had been taken with proper responsibilities and transparency by the officers who were received and supervised the security bonds for which the service providers applied requesting payments on the basis of unsuccessful contracts. +The Chairman informed that the failure of contracts so far while granting security bond by the Institution had been limited up to 0.14 per cent even though the minimum percentage of internationally accepted tendency for failure of contracts was from 0.8 per cent to 1 per cent. +(c) The control of petty cash imprest had not been formalized due to the following matters. +(i) Action had not been taken to maintain a register of petty cash imprest or to carry out adequate supervision for the year under review. +(ii) Out of the petty cash imprest amounting to retained during the year under review, a balance exceeding had been retained continuously as cash in hand. +(iii) Even though there were unusual delays in settlement of advances, supervision had not been carried out in this regard. +P. S. No. 2014/311 Third Instalment - Part III - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Customs Officers Reward Fund - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effect of the matter described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Customs Officers Reward Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Lack of Evidence for Audit +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +A 50 per cent portion of the Government tax revenue, penalties imposed, confiscated money, and proceeds of the sale of confiscated goods, etc. imposed on illegal actions such as the Customs tax frauds, illegal imports, breach of regulations on import control detected by the Customs Officers are credited to this Fund for the payment of rewards of the officers and the informants. +According to the information furnished, the particulars of income, expenditure, and the net operating results for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the 6 preceding years are given below. +Year +Income +Expenditure +Total Expenditure Surplus/ (Deficit) +Payments to Officers +Payments to Informants +Withholding Tax/ Department of Inland Revenue +Others +The following observations are made. +The money not collected by the officers from the lists of rewards issued by the Department from time to time is credited to this account. +When those officers make subsequent claims for the money, such payments are debited to this account. +Nevertheless, it was observed that proper steps had not been taken on the unsettled amounts remaining over long periods relating to the re-deposited rewards. +3.2. Transactions of Contentious Nature +The following observations are made. +(a) Sri Lanka Customs had not taken the instructors of the Commissioner General of Inland Revenues into consideration in deducting the Pay As You Earn Tax on the rewards paid to the officers. +Actions had been taken by considering the rewards paid as one off payment, but in the cases of payment in several instances, those had not been accumulated and the final amount of tax that should be charged had not been computed. +A large amount of tax revenue receivable by the Government had been deprived of to the Government due to the separate computation of the Pay As You Earn Tax and recovering only the relevant amount of that payment in the case of payment of rewards in several instances. +The unavailability of a proper procedure for the accurate computation of the tax to the Government from the Customs officers receiving a number of allowances is a contentious matter. +(b) In terms of the section 153(2) of the Customs (Amendment) Act, No. 83 of 1988, regulations have been made in such manner to enable the allocation of 50 per cent of the balance of fines income for the Reward Fund once all expenses are deducted and to distribute them to officers and informants as gifts. +Accordingly, though the overtime paid from the Fund to all officers who conducted the investigation should be deducted from the fines income, it had not been so done and brought to account as an expenditure of the Customs Overtime Fund. +As records of the overtime cost on the investigations had not been separately maintained, the overtime cost incurred on investigations could not be computed. +(c) According to the prevailing Customs Rewards Scheme, the payment of rewards to the officers is not made only from the fines imposed on the parties involved in Customs Duty frauds, but also from 50 per cent of the tax receivable by the Government from those parties. +Therefore, the responsible parties have not paid their attention to the contribution for the protection of the public Revenue. +(d) It has been pointed out from time to time in the audit that there have been numerous instances where Customs officers have been rewarded with tax revenues and penalties levied from various parties without special customs investigation. +Therefore, such heavy expenditure incurred by the Fuel Fund for the Departmental fuel expenditure under such circumstances is a contentious matter in the audit. +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Budgetary Control +Significant variances were observed between the budgeted and the actual income and expenditure for the year under review, thus indicating that the budget had not been made use of as an effective instrument of control. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies observed during the course of the audit were brought to the notice of the Director General of Customs from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Distribution of Rewards and Expenditure Control +P. S. No. 2014/317 Third Instalment - Part IV - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Customs Overtime and Cargo Examination Fees Fund - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Customs Overtime and Cargo Examination Fees Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Presentation of Financial Statements +1.2.2. Unidentified Transactions +This had been continuously pointed out in the audit reports for the years 2008 to 2011. +Though the Director General of Customs stated that action will be taken to rectify that in the subsequent year, no action had been taken even during the year 2012 to settle the matter. +1.2.3. Accounts Receivable +The following observations are made. +Adequate provisions for bad debts had not been made for those balances that were uncertain to recover. +A formal course of action had not been taken even during the year under review for the recovery of the money from the debtors existing for more than 07 years. +Similarly, action had not been taken to ascertain the existence of certain institution shown as debtors. +Attention had not been paid to the possibility of identifying and settling those balances. +(c) Security deposits had not been obtained in connection with certain debtors' balances. +1.2.4. Special Deposits and Investments +The following observations are made in this connection. +(a) The documentary information in support of the purpose of obtaining the deposits had not been furnished to audit. +(b) Action had not been taken to find out whether the depository institutions are in existence and those deposits had not been confirmed as refundable deposits. +(c) As this money had been invested in saving accounts over a long period, a very low interest had been earned and attention had not been paid to deploy the money in other suitable investments. +1.2.5. Lack of Evidence for Audit +Evidence indicated against the following items had not been furnished to audit. +Item +Amount +Rs. +Evidence not made available +Sundry Debtors +Confirmation of Balances relating to outstanding debts of 158 institutions +Eight Items of Accounts +Confirmation of Balances +1.2.6. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The following non-compliances were observed. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decision +Non-compliance +(a) Financial Regulations +Financial Regulation 175(2) +Action for recovery of arrears amounting to as at 31 December 2012 had not been taken. +(b) Public Administration Circular No. 9/2009 of 16 April 2009 and the Sri Lanka Customs Circular No. 01/2010 of 19 February 2010 +Even though the punch card machines had been introduced by Sri Lanka Customs, none of the officers of Sri Lanka Customs had used the punch card machine during the year under review and no action whatsoever had been taken in that connection. +1.2.7. Transactions not Supported by Authority +Internal regulations had been made for enabling the Customs Officers to claim overtime exceeding 600 hours per month at 12 to 27 hours per day and the formal approval obtained for that had not been furnished to audit. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +This deterioration had been mainly due to the decrease of the income of the Fund by 2.7 per cent and the increase of the expenditure by 2.4 per cent as compared with the preceding year. +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +(a) Overtime Fund +The money collected as overtime from the external clearance centres and the other institutions to defray the expenditure incurred in the performance of duties during the time in addition to the normal duty times of the Customs Officers and for the performance of duties on the dates in which the Customs is closed for duties is credited to this Fund and the payments made to the customs staff for such overtime service performed are considered as the expenditure of the Fund. +An analysis of the financial results of the Overtime Fund for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the 09 preceding years is given below. +Year +Income +3.2. Transactions of Contentious Nature +The following observations are made. +(a) The contentious nature of the overtime payment process of Sri Lanka Customs was continuously pointed out in the previous years' audit reports and overtime had been paid in an unrealistic manner even during the year under review. +A sample audit check relating to 06 officers of the Export Division for the three months from January to March 2012 revealed that each officer had been on overtime duty in the ranges of 600 hours to 663 hours in each of the three months. +Further, the average overtime duty of these officers per day per officer had exceeded 20 hours. +(b) Those officers had been paid cargo examination fees in an unusual manner in respect of the period for which the above overtime had been paid. +(c) Even though requests were made to produce the documents to audit in support of the payment of cargo examination fees relating to the Bonds and Baggage Division during February to April 2012, such information was not produced even up to October 2013. +Though it was reported that the information relating to the Exports Division for the years 2008 and 2009 had been deleted, such information for the year 2010 and 2011 had not been also produced to audit. +(d) The above overtime and cargo examination fees had been paid in addition to the monthly salaries, incentives, and rewards paid to the officers. +The overtime earnings of most officers had exceeded their consolidated salaries. +These payments made to the officers on the basis on being on duty throughout the year without obtaining leave is an unrealistic situation. +(e) Even though the outdated regulations on overtime and external examination fees should be amended to rectify the above situation no action whatsoever had been taken in that connection. +3.3. Management Inefficiencies +The following observation is made. +The unutilized money of the Fund had been brought forward from year to year as Treasury deposits. +The balances of the Deposit Account and the balance of the Fund indicated improvement as shown below. +It was observed that necessary steps had not been taken by discussing the matter with the Treasury. +Overtime Fund +Cargo Examination Fees Fund +Balance of the Treasury Deposit +4. Accountability and Good Governance +Budgetary Control +Material variances were observed between the income and expenditure according to the budget and the actual income and expenditure, thus indicating that the budget had not been made use of as an effective instrument of management control. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Director General of Customs from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Arrears of Income +(b) Overtime Payments +(c) Accounting +(d) Container Examinations +(e) Staff Administration +P. S. No. 2014/324 - Second Instalment – Part XV - State Corporations - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Defence Services Command and Staff College - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Defence Services Command and Staff College as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Public Sector Accounting Standards. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Accounting Deficiencies +The following observations are made. +(a) Inclusion of Motor Vehicles not belonging to the College in the Financial Statements +(b) Deposit Account +The retention money payable to the contractors and the deductions made from the staff for no-pay leave had been credited to the Deposit Account under non-current liabilities. +As a sum of deducted in connection with no-pay leave from February 2010 in January 2012 had been credited to the Deposit Account referred to above, the non-current liabilities had been overstated by that amount. +1.2.2. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +Instances of non-compliance with laws, rules, regulations and management decisions observed during the course of audit are given below. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations, etc. +Non-compliance +(a) Section 8(1) of the Finance Act No. 38 of 1971 +Even though the budget for every financial year should be prepared and approved by the Governing Body not later than three months prior to the beginning of the relevant financial year, the budget for the year 2012 had been approved on 27 February 2013. +(b) Section 5.2.1 of the Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003 +The budgeted balance sheet, the budgeted income and expenditure statement, and the budgeted cash flow statement had not been included in the budget prepared for the year under review. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +According to the financial statements presented, the financial results generated from the operations for the year under review amounted to a deficit of as compared with the corresponding deficit of for the preceding year, thus indicating a deterioration of in the financial results. +2.2. Analytical Financial Review +The increase in certain items of expenditure as compared with the preceding year by a sum of had been the main reason for the deterioration of in the financial results. +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +The number of students who participated in the degree courses conducted by the Staff College in the year under review had been 102 as compared with the participation of 83 students in the preceding year. +According to the comprehensive income statement, the total expenditure for the year under review amounted to and as such the cost per graduate amounted to Management Inefficiencies +The following observations are made. +(a) Inspection of warehouse items +(i) The accuracy of the balance of stocks shown in the balance sheet as at 31 December 2012 could not be established as the stock books had not been maintained externally from the stores. +(ii) Separate Inventory Registers had not been maintained for recording the particulars on assets used by each Division of the College. +3.3. Operating Inefficiencies +The following observations are made. +million due to cost escalations and delays. +Due to the delay in the construction works, it had not been possible to expand the courses expected for commencement in the year 2013. +3.4. Underutilisation of Funds +As the capital grants provided annually by the General Treasury was not utilized by the college, it was continuously credited again to the Treasury at the end of the year. +3.5. Utilization of Motor Vehicles +The Ministry of Defence and the Sri Lanka Army had made available 17 and 14 motor vehicles respectively to the College and the ownership of the motor vehicles had not been transferred to the College. +A three wheeler motor vehicles condemned had been left parked since 17 December 2011. +Even though all the motor vehicles used by the College should be controlled by one Division, it had been decentralized in the way of that the motor vehicles of Sri Lanka Army and the Ministry of Defence were being controlled by the Transport Division and the 04 motor vehicles supplied by Sri Lanka Air force and 02 motor vehicles supplied by Sri Lanka Navy were being controlled by their respective Wings. +3.6. Staff Management +Even though the approved staff of the college had been 100, only a staff of 92 had been deployed. +4. Accountability and Good Governance +4.1. Annual Action Plan +An Action Plan for the identification of the financial targets and the physical targets according to the respective periods had not been prepared. +The Performance Reports had not been prepared in a manner to facilitate comparison with the Action Plan. +4.2. Budgetary Control +It was observed that the budget had not been used as an effective instrument of management control because of a significant variance between the estimated provision and actual expenditure. +4.3. Tabling of Annual Reports in the Parliament +In terms of Section 6.5.3 of the Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003, the Annual Report on the activities of the Defence Services Command and Staff College and the accounts should be tabled in Parliament within 150 days after the closure of the financial year. +Nevertheless, the Annual Reports for the years 2010 and 2011 had not been tabled in Parliament even by 09 November 2013. +5. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in Systems and Controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Chairman of the Defence Services Command and Staff College from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Utilization of Capital Provision +(b) Staff Control +(c) Construction Works +(d) Stores Control +P. S. No. 2014/321 - Second Instalment – Part XII - State Corporations - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +General Sir John Kotalawala Defence University - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1 Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the General Sir John Kotalawala Defence University as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. +1.2 Commenting on Financial Statements +1.2.1 Sri Lanka Accounting Standards +The following observations are made. +Actions in terms of Sri Lanka Accounting Standard No. 16 had not been taken to revalue and account for those assets. +1.2.2 Accounting Deficiencies +The following observations are made. +(a) Understatements and Overstatements +The Vice-Chancellor informed the audit that Sri Lanka Army had agreed for the write off of this amount. +(b) Inappropriate Disclosures +1.2.3 Lack of Evidence for Audit +The value of the following constructions shown under the “work-in-progress’ from the year 2011 remained unchanged even by 31 December 2012. +Account Balance +Balance as at 31 December 2011 and as at 31 December 2012 +Rs. +Buildings - 6,388,934 +Official Quarters of Married Officers - 230,870 +Construction of Quarters of Married Officers - 5,033,574 +The evidence required for the identification of these amounts had not been furnished to audit. +1.2.4 Non-compliances with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The following non-compliances were observed during the course of the audit. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +Non-compliance +Procurement Guidelines 2006 +(i) Guidelines 2.14.1, 3.4.1 and 4.3 +It was observed that those advances had ranged between 50 per cent to 100 per cent of the value of each purchase. +(iii) Guideline 8.9.1 +2. Financial Review +2.1 Financial Results +The improvement of the financial results for the year under review as compared with the preceding year was observed as due to the increase of income in the year under review. +2.2 Legal Actions initiated against or by the Institution +The following observations are made. +(a) Three external parties had filed three cases in Courts against the University by claiming ownership to the properties of the University. +3. Operating Review +3.1 Performance +Actions had not been taken in the year under review for the execution of the following activities included under the infrastructure development in the Corporate Plan for execution in the year 2012. +(a) Construction of a separate building complex for the Postgraduate Academic Division +(b) Construction of a six storeyed laboratory for the Faculty of Engineering +3.2 Operating Inefficiencies +Advances for purchases amounting to 100 per cent had been granted surpassing the circular provisions in the procurement of goods and services to ensure obtaining goods and services quickly and efficiently. +Instances of non-supply of goods for the advances granted in the year 2011 even by September 2013 were observed. +Actions had not been taken for the recovery of such money while advances had been further granted to those suppliers. +3.3 Transactions of Contentious Nature +3.4 Deficiencies in Contract Administration +The following observations are made. +(a) The following items installed in the Building No. 3 of the Building of the Faculty of Medicine had been rusted before the expiry of one year since the use of the building. +(ii) Sanitary Equipment 04 +(b) Even though the handrail of the stairway and the exterior security fences of the above building had been constructed with iron and painted with galvanizing, those had rusted by the time of inspection. +4. Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of the audit were brought to the notice of the Vice-Chancellor of the University from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Accounting +(b) Budgetary Control +(c) Advances Control +(d) Assets Control +(e) Construction Control +The Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs was established on 1st of January 1986, to preserve, promote and propagate, Hindu Religion and Hindu Culture of Sri Lanka. +At present, this Department functions under the Ministry of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs. +I take this opportunity to add a few words to the Performance Report and Annual Accounts for 2014 of the Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs. +I am proud to state that we were able to achieve the significant role expected from our department according to the government policies during 2014 in an efficient and productive manner. +The efficiency of performance of the department has been increased due to the hard work and dedication of all the staff members including newly recruited development officers. +I hereby wish to express my deepest gratitude and sincere thanks to all Hon. Ministers, Hon. Members of Parliament, Hon. Members of Provincial Council, and all Government Intuitions and other stakeholders including Hindu religious monks, priests, scholars, institutions, temple trustees and Aranery Schools for extending their fullest support and cooperation to the activities of our department. +In fact I am well fortunate to receive the fullest cooperation from the Secretary and the staff of the Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs in our efforts to perform the responsibilities of the Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs very successfully. +Hence I wish to extend my thankfulness to the Secretary and all staff members of the Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs for their great support. +I, whilst appreciating the services of all management staff and members of the staff of our department who had extended their cooperation for providing admirable contribution for our efforts to achieve the targets in 2014, No doubt they deserve my gratitude. +Director +Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs +Introduction +The Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs was established on 1st of January 1986 to preserve, promote and propagate Hindu Religion and Hindu Culture. +Vision +Preservation, Promotion and Propagation of Hindu Religion and Culture. +Mission +Preservation, Promotion and Propagation of Hindu Religion, Hindu Religious Education, Hindu Culture and Arts and Renovation of Hindu Temples. +Objectives +Promoting Hindu Religious education to practice moral characters and Religious values among Hindu youths +Preserving Hindu Religious practices for sustaining and developing Hindu Religion and Culture. +Promoting Research on Hindu Religion and Culture. +Sensitizing the public about the noble character of Hindu Culture and magnificence of Hindu Art and Architecture. +Key Functions +Rehabilitation of Hindu Temples +Providing Training for Hindu Priest +Observing Guru Poojas of Hindu Saints, conducting Hindu Lectures and preserving the traditions by conducting Hindu Festivals. +Promoting Hindu Religious education and encouraging to preserve moral values in Aranery Schools +Compilation of Hindu Encyclopedia +Administration of Hindu Research Library +Conducting Research on Hindu Religion and Tami Culture +Preserving Hindu Religious Tamil Culture +Administration of Hindu Pilgrim’s Rest House in Kataragama +Administration of Hindu Culture Centre, Batticaloa +Administration of Anaipanthi Gurukula Building, Jaffna +Administration of Navalar Mani Mandapam, Jaffna +Preserving Hindu Culture and Arts +Implementation of Provisions of the Hindu Cultural Fund Act +Programmes and Performance Report +from 01.01.2014 to 31.12.2014 +Introduction +The following Projects are being implemented by the Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs in keeping line with the Government Policy towards the creation of a Virtuous Society. +Programmes +Development of Hindu Aranery Schools +Promotion of Hindu Religious Activities +Research on Hindu Religion and Culture +Promotion of Hindu Culture and Arts +Development of Hindu Temples and Organizations +The following projects were implemented by the Department up to 31st December 2014. +Development of Hindu Aranery Schools +The Hindu Aranery Schools are functioning with the objectives of to impress the values of moral character and making them to have faith in the almighty, prayers and worshipping at temples and preaching them Hinduism. +Several projects have been designed to develop the Aranery Schools and implemented by the Department. +The main activities are; conducting seminars for teachers, supplying books to the Aranery Schools, supplying uniform materials to the students, and providing financial assistance to fulfill the basic requirement of furniture to the Aranery Schools. +Seminars and Workshops for Aranery School Teachers +The seminars and workshops are being conducted in the districts to regularize the teaching method of Aranery School Teachers, explain the concept of the syllabus and conduct practicals for the students. +Up to 31st December 2014 in the Department +No. of Registered Aranery schools - 1,887 +No. of Aranery School Students - 285,067 +No. of Aranery School Teachers- 9,407 +07 Dharmachariyar Residential Seminars have been conducted. +Colombo, +Gampaha, +Galle, +Kegalle, +Matale, +Kaluthara, +Puttalam, +Kurunagala, +Kandy, +Ratnapura, +Nuwara Eliya, +Matara, +Badulla, +Batticaloa, +Trincomalee, +Ampara, +Polonnaruwa, +Jaffna, +Kilinochchi, +Mullaitivu, +Mannar, +Vaviniya. +707 Hindu Dharnachariyars have been benefitted +03 Seminars on Residential Teaching Method have been conducted for Aranery Teachers. +Trincomalee, +Batticaloa, +Ampara, +Polonnaruwa, +Jaffana +682 Hindu Aranery Teachers have been benefitted. +13 seminars for final exam for Aranery Teachers have been conducted. +Kaluthara, +Ratnapura, +Badulla, +Colombo, +Gampaha, +Kilinochchi, +Mullaitivu, +Galle, +Mannar, +Batticaloa, +Puttalam, +Ampara, +Jaffna, +Kandy +1196 Hindu Aranery Teachers participated and benefitted +Dharmasariyar Residential Seminar, Colombo +Dharmasariyar Residential Seminar, Batticaloa +General Knowledge Competitive Examination for Aranery School Students. +Certificates and cash are awarded for the students who got the highest marks in National level and District level. +A General Knowledge Competitive Examination was conducted on 28th June 2014 in 160 exam centers Island wide for the students of Aranery School and around 69,783 students sat for this examination. +Prize Giving Ceremony for the students who passed the examination was held on 18th October 2014 at New Kathiresan Hall, Bambalapity. +Special magazine on Hindu Religious General Knowledge examination prize giving has also been published. +1000 Students of Aranery Schools, their parents and the teachers of Aranery Schools participated for in this ceremony. +Allowance for Aranery School Teachers for Library Books +3250 Teachers from 773 Aranery Schools in 22 Districts namely Jaffna, Batticaloa, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Ampara, Kegalle, Matale, Badulla, Puttalam, Trincomalee, Ratnapura, Kaluthara, Polonnaruwa, Colombo, Kurunagala, Galle, Matara, Gampaha, Mannar and Vavuniya have been paid the allowance this year. +Purchasing of Musical Instrument +81 Suruthy Boxes and 80 Thalams were purchased this year. +These were provided to 79 Aranery Schools in Districts Jaffna, Batticaloa, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Ratnapura, Kaluthara and Galle. +Purchasing of Uniform Materials for Aranery School Students +Uniform materials are provided to Aranery School Students annually with free of charge by this Department. +Accordingly, 65,050 meters uniform materials have been purchased in 3 stages and provided to 22, 857 Aranery School Students including 10,968 male students and 11, 889 female students of 13 Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Batticaloa, Kaluthara, Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu,Badulla, Colombo, Galle and Ratnapura. +Pannisai Classes +Pannisai classes are conducted at District level every year to encourage the talent of Aranrery School Students in pannasai. +437 Pannisai classes have been conducted in Kaluthara, Jaffna, Batticaloa and Badulla Districts. +Seminars on pannisai was conducted at Bulathsinhala on 20.12.2014 for Aranery school students of Kaluthara District +For Aranery school students of Badulla and Batticaloa Districts seminars on pannisai was conducted at Lunugala on 20.12.2014. +Provision for Capital for the Development of Aranery Schools. +In this basis, the fund was provided to 67 Aranery Schools of 18 Districts of Kandy, Kegalle, Colombo, Ratnapura, Kilinochchi, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Puttalam, Kaluthara, Mullaitivu, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Matale, Kurunagala, Galle and Polonnaruwa. +Seminar on Pannisai - Kaluthara +The following Hindu Religious Books were purchased for the reference purpose of Aranery School Students +Spiritual Leadership Training for Hindu Youths +The spiritual leadership training and capacity building programme which improve the spiritual and capacity building of youth are conducted every year. +It has been conducted on 19th and 20th of April in Badulla for the Hindu Aranery Schools youth in Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts, 5th and 6th of September in Kilinochchi Hindu College for Aranery Schools youths in Kilinochchi, October at Mankulam Sivasatkunanathar Achrama for Aranery Schools youth in Mullaitivu, Vavuniya and Mannar and 22nd and 23rd December in Ramakrishna Mission Hall, Colombo for Aranery Schools youths in Kegalle. +527 Hindu youths participated and benefitted. +Financial Assistance for Aranery School Building under “Deyata Kirula” Programme +Promotion of Hindu Religion +Department arranges and sponsors to conduct festivals in several Districts in order to promote Hindu religious activities and festivals. +Lecture series on Hindu Religion +Hindu religious lectures have been conducted in temples and Hindu religious institutions by the religious Scholars. +121 religious lectures have been conducted up to now in 14 Districts namely Jaffna, Puttalam, Batticaloa, Ratnapura, Matala, Kandy, Ampara, Badulla, Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Kaluthara and Galle. +Over 7500 public benefitted. +Guru Poojas +Special programmes are conducted in temples to celebrate Guru Pooja Days of Hindu Saints. +Guru Poojas for 90 Hindu Saints have been conducted in 16 Districts namely Jaffna, Galle, Ratnapura, Colombo, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Mullaitivu, Kandy, Trincomalee, Mannar, Ampara, Batticaloa, Matale, Gampaha, Puttalam and Polonnaruwa +over 7200 Hindu people got benefits. +Hindu Religious Festival +Thaippongal – Stamp Release +Thaippongal special stamp was released with the sponsorship of Postal Department by Honorable Prime Minister on 2014.01.14 at Dhurkka Mani Mandapam, Jaffna. +Thaippongal Festival +Thaippongal celebration was arranged by the Department and celebrated in Jaffna Navalar Manimandapam, Vavuniya, Kilinochchi, Kaluthara, Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Puttalam, Trincomalee and Batticaloa Districts on 2014.01.14. +Maha Sivarathri Pooja +Special Pooja and Spiritual Cultural Programmes were conducted with the assistance of the Department on 20th March at Sivan Temple, Ratnapura in order to celebrate Maha Sivarathri Fasting. +Deputy Minister of Budhasasana and Religious Affairs, Members of Parliament from Ratnapura District, District Secretary,Director from Department and several guests participated in this occasion. +Further to this, special pooja and cultural programmes were conducted in the temples in Galle, Mullaitivu, Jaffna, Puttalam, Badulla, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Kilinochchi and Polonnaruwa Districts with the assistance of the Department. +Sivarathri Festival conducted at Sivan Temple, Ratnapura +Navarathri Function +50 Navarathri Poojas were conducted at District level from 24th Sep to 03rd October in 19 Districts namely Jaffna, Batticaloa, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Ampara, Matale, Badulla, puttalam, Trincomalee, Matara, Ratnapura, Kaluthara, Polonnaruwa, Colombo, Galle, Gampaha, and Vavuniya +Sivarathri was also celebrated in the Parliament on 25.09.2014 with the presence of Members of Parliament, Secretaries to the Ministries, Directors of the Departments and other Officers. +Cultural Programmes were also conducted by the school students from Jaffna and Mullaitivu Districts. +“Punya Grama” Programme +In order to gather vulnerable people and teach them about Hindu moral characters, this progrmme was arranged in selected vulnerable areas. +from 09 Districts namely Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Batticaloa, Galle, Badulla, Vavuniya and Ratnapura 14 Programmes were conducted. +over 2050 public and school students participated and got benefits. +Classes conducted in Nallur Navalar Manimandapam +To improve the physical, mental, religious and cultural interest of Aranery School Students, 174 Yoga classes, 64 Miruthanka classes, 75 Violin classes, 102 Pannisai classes and 03 Hindu Saints Guru Poojas and Thiruvasaka festival were conducted at Nallur Navalar Manimandapam which is administrated by the Department. +54 Yoga classes, 430 Dance classes and Navarathri Pooja have been conducted to improve the Physical, Mental, Religious and Cultural interest of Aranery School students of Navatkuda Hindu Cultural Centre in Batticaloa which is administrated by the Department. +Deyata Kirula – Exhibition +With the concept of Crown to Nation, an exhibition was taken place from 21st January to 2nd February 2014 in Vayamba University, Kurunagala. +All Ministries and Departments of Sri Lanka participated and arranged exhibition stalls. +Action Plan, Information related to Programmes and Photographs were exhibited in the exhibition stall allocated for the Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs and the books published by the Department, exhibits which reveals Hindu tradition were also exhibited. +Other Festivals +Special Poojas were taken place at Sri Kathirvelautha Temple in Kegalle in order to celebrate 66th Independence Day of Sri Lanka. +Sabragamuwa Provincial Council Members, Kegalle District Secretary, Additional Secretary of this Ministry, Director and Officers of this Department and public participated at the event. +Further, Tamil literature and cultural festival was also conducted in Polonnaruwa and Badulla Districts and over 365 public participated and benefitted. +Language ability for Hindu Priest and Aranery School Teachers +Training classes to improve language ability of Hindu priest and Aranery School Teachers were started in August 2014 in Batticaloa and Jaffna Districts. +24 Sinhala classes, 24 English classes in Jaffna District and 41 Sinhala classes, 24 English classes in Batticaloa District have been conducted. +Independence Day Special Pooja - Kegalle +“Iniya Vasamtham”- Hindu Buddhist integrated programme (from Ministry Allocation) +Department of Buddha Religious Affairs joined with Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs is conducting Hindu Buddhist integrated programme with the guidance of the Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs. +This programme was organized to make unity and understanding between Hindu and Buddhists. +Students, teachers, parents and priests of both Hindu and Buddhist get together in a place and exchange their opinions which lead to know about the arts, culture and traditions of each community. +08 Programmes were conducted this year. +Conducted at Kallady Hindu Culture Centre, Batticaloa from 03.05.2014 to 04.05.2014. +Conducted at Welikanda, Alsepura, Maithirugama Sri Sutharshnarama Vihara, Polonnaruwa from 31.05.2014 to 01.06.2014. +Conducted at Kopay Christian College, Jaffna from 20.06.2014 to 22.06.2014. +Conducted at Mahawa, Ehala Sri SutharnaramaVihara, Puttalam from 26.07.2014 to 27.07.2014. +Conducted at Bhothikshinarama Vihara, Vavuniya from 23.08.2014 to 24.08.2014. +Conducted at Thirukketheeswaram, Mannar from 13.09.2014 to 14.09.2014. +Conducted at Mahadeva Achchirama, Kilinochchi from 04.10.2014 to 05.10.2014. +Conducted at Kokkeralla Uthurupavva Vihara, Kurunagala from 08.11.2014 to 9.11.2014. +For the program in Batticaloa +Siththi Vinayakar Aranery School, +Sri Veeraiyadi Aranery School, +Sivasakthi Aranery School, +Sri Nagalinga Vairavar Aranery School, +Sri Muthumaariyamman Aranery School, +Vivekanada Aranery School +Bharathiyar Aranery School, +For the programmes in Jaffna +Sri Pararaja Pillaiyar Aranery School, +Sivagami Aranery School, +Sri Selvakkathirgama Mrugan Aranery School, +Nellandaiyamman Aranery School, +Sivaththamil Aranery School +Sivan Aranery School, +Sri Muthumariyamman Aranery School, +Poompuhar Siththivinayakar Aranery School, +Sri Murugan Aranery School +Siththi Vinayakar Aranery School in Mannar, +For programmes in Kilinochchi +Sittoondi Vinayakar Aranery School, +Arulmigu Kandasamy Aranery School, +Swamy Vivekanadar Aranery School and +Sri Naagapoosaniyamman Aranery School were participated. +Iniya Vasamtham Programme, Batticaloa +Research on Hindu Religious Culture +Hindu Religious Research Conference +Department arranges research related to Hindu Religion annually with This year research on the heading of “Thiruvathavurarum Saivaththirunerium” was conducted from last 18th July to 20th July at Saraswathy Mandapam, Bamblapitiya. +Two items were taken place as research session and stage programmes. +45 essays were submitted as research essays in 15 sessions of these 3 days. +In the second day evening programme,the Prime Minister of Government of Republic Socialist of Sri Lanka and also Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs participated as the Chief Guest and released research book and cassette. +In these 3 days event, every day 200 public including university students, school students and interested public on Hindu Religion participated and benefitted. +Release of Cassette consisting Essays submitted in the Research Seminar, Suvioner,12th compilation of Hindu Encylopedia and Thiruvasaka songs. +The book “Moovar Thamilum Saivanerium” which was submitted in the previous year Research Seminar, 12th compilation of Hindu Encyclopedia and Thiruvasaka songs cassette were released. +750 copies of the book “Moovar Thamilum Saivanerium” consisting 40 research essays in 644 pages were printed and published. +During the first day of this event, “Thiruvathavurarum Saivanerium”, 1000 published copies of this souvenir was printed and distributed to the participants with free of charge. +This book contains 10 essays in 182 pages. +Publication of New Year Panchangam, Gopuram, Panpadu Information Books +3000 Copies of each1st and 2nd edition of “ Gopuram” which consists of information about the Department have been published and distributed and 1000 copies of each 1st and 2nd edition of “Panpadu” which is department research book have also been printed and distributed. +12,000 Copies of “Hindu Pnachangam” were published and provided to people, temples and Hindu Organizations +4000 copies of Pillaiyaar Kathai was published and distributed. +15 Kinds of books were distributed to 150 schools and public libraries in all Islands in order to celebrate the month of reading. +Sanskrit Language Classes +3 Months Sanskrit classes started in Jaffna and Colombo. +28 classes with 25 students in Colombo and 29 classes with 12 students in Jaffna have been conducted. +Certificates awarding ceremony was conducted under the chairmanship of Mrs.Shanthi Navukarasan, Director of the Department on 21.06.2014 at Gurukulam, Jaffna and on 20.06.2014 at Conference Hall of the Department, Colombo. +Saiva Siththantha Classes +Department arranged and conducted Saiva Siththantha Classes for the people who are interested in it. +It was conducted on 04th and 05th of April 2014 at Vivekananda College, Orr’s Hill, Trincomalee. +As per the request of school teachers, and students, the classes were conducted for the students who learn Hindu Religion and Hinduism. +Over 350 teachers and students participated and benefitted. +Research meetings and Discussions +08 Discissions were conducted by the Advisory Committee relating 12th compilation of Hindu Encyclopedia and printing of rare books. +Seminar on Sculpture and Architecture +Residential seminar on Sculpture and Architecture were conducted in 3 stages 1st and 2nd of July in Vavuniya 03rd and 04th of July in Kilinochchiand 06th and 07th of July in Mullaitivu. +250 public in Vavuniya, 175 public in Kilinochchi and 175 public in Mullaitivu including A/L students and teachers participated in these seminars. +Seminars to Government School Teachers who Teach Hindu Religion +80 Government school teachers who are engaged in teaching Hindu religion benefitted by the seminar conducted from 15.09.2014 to 17.09.2014 in Ratnapura, Galle, Kegalle, Matara, Colombo and Kaluthara Districts. +Manual for Famous Temples and Guideline Books for Hindu Temples +It has been decided to publish a manual consisting historical specialities of famous Hindu temples in Sri Lanka for the benefits of local and foreign devotees. +The temples in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee and further 76 temples have been selected and started to write essays until now. +Further, photographs of 10 famous temples in Jaffna have also been taken. +Dictionary for Tamil Words used in Eelam +This program is implemented to prepare a dictionary gathering Tamil words used by Sri Lankan Tamils. +On this basis, 1300 words have been arranged in electronic version and provided for the 1st printing. +Promotion of Hindu-Tamil Arts & Culture +Purchasing of Books from Sri Lankan Writers. +1825 books have been purchased from 70 writers and being distributed for encouraging Tamil writers in Sri Lanka. +Promotion of Falk Arts +Under the project to promote Tamil arts, seminar on falk Tamil arts was conducted on 10th, 11th and 12th October at Navatkuda Hindu Culture Hall, Batticaloa. +Around 150 artists from Jaffna, Batticaloa, Ampara and Up Country participated. +“Kalabhushana” Award +The great award Kalabhushana viruthu is awarded by the Department every year to the artists who have rendered yeoman service to the arts and culture. +This year, 100 eligible Tamil artists were selected to receive this award by the Evaluation Committee which was appointed by the Department. +456 Artists consists of 278 Sinhala artists, 100 Tamil artists and 78 Muslim artists were awarded in this ceremony which was held on 14th December 2014 at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall. +Nearly 1000 interested public participated. +Development of Hindu Temples and Institutions +Financial Assistance to the Temples under Capital Expenditure +Rehabilitation of Hindu Temples (North East) +Cheques valued Rupees one lakh for each temple were provided to 363 Hindu temples through Divisional Secretaries for the rehabilitation in Northern and Eastern Provinces +District +No.of Temples +Jaffna +Batticaloa +Ampara +Trincomalee +Vaviniya +Mannar +Total +Sri Paththira Kaali Amman Temple, Thannamunai, Batticaloa +Sri Buvaneswary Ampal Temple, Thellipalai +Sriman Naarayanan Temple, Ampara +Siththi Vinayakar Temple, Poonagary +Rehabilitation of Hindu Temples and Institutions +District +No.of Temples +Badulla +Colombo +Galle +Kaluthara +Kandy +Kurunagala +Matale +Matara +Nuwara Eliya +Ratnapura +Total +Under the Deyata Kirula Programme +Kurunagala +Puttalam +Total +Sri Kathirvelautha Swamy Temple, Rokkanthanai Estate, Hali Ela +Sri Katpakappillaiyar Temple, Thelpethatha, Badulla +Sri Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Rewon shoot Division Pallakedduwa, Badulla +Financial Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Temples in order to Deyata Kirula Exhibition +Financial assistance was provided through District Secretaries for the rehabilitation of 30 temples in Puttalam & Kegalle Districts for Deyata Kirula Exhibition and expenditure was made for 28 temples. +District +No.of Temples +Kegalle +Puttalam +Total +Financial Assistance for the Rehabilitation of Temples under “Vadakkin Vasantham” +100 Temples received cheques valued 2 Lakh per each through Divisional Secretaries for the rehabilitation of Hindu Temples under the Vadakkin Vasantham Programme. +District +No.of Temples +Kilinochchi +Mullaitivu +Mannar +Jaffna +Vaviniya +Total +Chithrameny Vairavar Temple, Jaffna +Selvavinayakar temple, Olumadu, Mankulam +Dhurkka Parameswary Najinai Naagammal Temple, Thirumurikandy +Sri Saptha Kanny Temple, Vadduvagal, Mullaitivu +Promotion of infrastructure for Hindu Temples +79 Hindu Temples have been received Financial Assistance by cheques through Divisional Secretaries. +District +No.of temples +Kilinochchi +Puttalam +Ampara +Batticaloa +Jaffna +Mannar +Trincomalee +Vavuniya +Moneragala +Polonnaruwa +Kanda +Ratnapura +Colombo +Total +Holy Well of Sri Maanikka Pillaiyar Temple, Kiran, Batticaloa +Water Tank of Sri Muthumaariyamman Temple, Parappukadanthan, Mannar +Water Tank of Eelam Kasi Shesthiram, Kilinochchi +Financial Assistance for Hindu Temples under Recurrent Expenditure +Financial Assistance provided to 13 Hindu temples under the occasion of providing funds for “Kumbabisekam" +District +No.of Temples +Jaffna +Badulla +Nuwara Eliya +Puttalam +Kegalle +Mullaitivu +Mannar +Kandy +Ratnapura +Ampara +Colombo +Total +Sri Muthumariyamman Temple Kumbhabisheka Festival, Poondulooya +Thimilai Kannaki Amman Temple Kumbhabisheka Festival, Chillaw +Financial Assistance for Homes for Children and Elders +To encourage the organizations which maintain the homes for children and elders, financial assistance is granted annually, following districts were provided financial assistance this year. +Anpu Children Home, Muththaiyankaddu +Bharathy Children Home, Mullaitivu +Financial Assistance to Hindu Organizations +Under the programme of providing financial assistance for the rehabilitation of Hindu Religious Organizations, fund was granted for the repairs of Bahavan Sri Sthya Saibava building and pilgrimage from Ampara to Kathiragama. +Publication and Distribution of Nandhi Flag +Nandhi flag is printed and issued to Hindu temples and other religious organizations by this Department annually. +The published and distributed Nandhi flag details are as follows. +Details of Nanthi Flags +No.of total flags +No.of published flags +No.of distributed flags +Large Flags +Small Flags +(Tasseled Flags) +Small Flags +(Triangle shape;) +Hanging Flags +(Consists two Nanthies) +Total +Guideline Book for Administration of Hindu Temples +Department published a guideline book consists of common appointment files in 2014 to administrate the Hindu Temples considering its good and bad conditions of the administration. +Department expects to follow the regulations perfectly as administration of the Hindu temples will be regularized in a limit and to achieve the purpose of appointing Temple Administrative Board. +Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs +Division wise financial progress 2014 +Development of Hindu Aranery Schools +Promotion of Hindu Religion +Research on Hindu Religion +Promotion of Hindu Tamil Art and Culture +Development of Hindu Temples and Organizations +Total +Registered Temples, Hindu Religious Organizations and Hindu Aranery Schools in the Department +(Up to 2014 December 31) +District +No.of Temples and Organizations +No.of Schools +Temples +Organization +Schools +Teachers +Students +Designation +Present cadre +vacant +Director +Deputy Director +Accountant +Assistant Director +Assistant Director +Administrative Officer +Librarian +Research Officer +Development Assistant +Development Officer +Cultural Officer +Public Management Assistant +Manager for Hindu Pilgrimage Guest House +Assistant Manager for Hindu Pilgrimage Guest House +Driver +Hindu Cultural Assistant +Data Entry Operator +Cultural Sevakka +Office Assistant +Security Officer +Security +Maintenance Officer +*Contract basis +Hindu Cultural Fund +Performance Report for the year 2014 +Introduction +Fund for Hindu Tradition was established in 1985 by the 31st Act to perform Hindu Religious & Cultural activities independently. +03 Official members and 05 members appointed by Hon Minister will be appointmented as members for this fund. +The following members are the members for 2014. +President +Secretary,Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs +Chief Administrative Officer +Director,Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs +Accountant +Accountant, Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs +Members +Assistant Director, Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs +Financial Status +Progress, from 2014.01.01 to 2014.12.31 +Financial Progress +Physical Progress +Financial Assistance for Aranery School (Polonnaruwa) and Building for Oottady Pilliyar +Financial assistance to the bull in Naguleswaram Temple +Purchased 1129 uniform materials +This book contains research article related to Hindu Religion, History of Hindu Religion, Philosophy, Traditions, and Hindu Religious Leaders, Books, Temples and Fastings. +It was started in 1989 and completed in 2014. +The details are as follows. +Sector of Hindu Encyclopedia +Year of Published +Number of Essays +Letters +It is the first Encyclopedia in the world published by the Department of Hindu Religious and Cultural Affairs consisting of information about Hindu Religion. +Since this Encyclopedia is an useful document to all Tamil speaking Hindu people in the world, president of Malaysian Thiruvakku Thirupeedam came forward to republish this Encyclopedia. +action has been taken to reprint in 2015. +Reformation of Textbooks of Hindu Aranery School Students +According to the Policy Planning of the Government, Aranery Schools were started in 1989. +Along with the statement “Aranery Schools in Every Temples”, Aranery schools were started in temples and registered in the Department. +Syllabuses and books were printed for this. +At the end of 2014, syllabus and books were reformed to include new views. +for providing importance to discipline, moral values and dhamma, reforming activity is being done from Grade 1 to Grade 5. +Consultancy committee has been appointed by the department. +Action has been taken to revise the syllabuses. +In the first stage, textbooks for first 5 grades have been reformed and ready to print. +These books will be published in June 2015. +Performance Report - 2014 +Department Of National Budget +Ministry Of Finance & Planning +Vision +Socio-economic Development through an Efficient Management of Public Resources +Mission +Facilitation of the performance of the responsibility conferred on the legislature for the management of public finance, by provision and distribution of resources for efficient delivery of public services and for the achievement of the development objectives of the Government +Functions & Responsibilities +Formulation of the National Budget +Preparation of Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) over a period of 03 years +Formulation of annual budget estimates for Ministries, Departments and Statutory Agencies of the government in consultation with the Spending Agencies and the relevant Treasury Departments to achieve the fiscal targets stipulated in the Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act +Public Expenditure Management +Issuance of Budget Circulars +Enforcement of appropriate budgetary management measures to ensure that funds are used exclusively for the declared purposes within the approved limits +Interacting with the Spending Agencies to ensure the effectiveness of spending +Analysis of expenditure for monitoring of financial as well as physical progress +Representing the Committee on Accounting of the Parliament +Preparation of observations on Cabinet Memoranda +Granting approval for Vehicle Procurements, not included in the leasing method +Procurement of vehicles for all government agencies under the financial leasing method +Participation of Staff of Director Boards and Committees representing Treasury/ Department of National Budget +Financial Administration of the Department +Activities Related to Statutory Agencies (Non – commercial Public Institutions) +Preparation of cost estimates of non-commercial statutory boards funded by the Consolidated Fund +Reperesenting the Committee on on Public Enterprises (COPE) +Advance Accounts Activities +Determination of limits for the Commercial, Stores and Public Officer’s Advance Accounts in consultation with the spending agencies and consideration of the requests for revision of limits +Representing the Treasury at the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) meetings on matters related to Advance Accounts +Contents +Chapter +Subject +Page +Overview 01 +Review & Implementation of Budget 2014 +Appropriation Bill for 2014 +Performance 2014 +Sectoral Perspectives in 2014 Budget in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework of 2014-2016 +Management of Budget 2014 +Budget Expenditure as per Government Accounts +Public Expenditure Management +Supplementary Estimate +Urgent Requirements Expenditure in 2014 +Financial Obligation Management +Issuance of Budget Circulars +Monitoring of Advance Accounts +Formulation of Budget Estimates for 2015 +Budget Formulation Guidelines +Special Activities +Budgetary Management of Non Commercial Public enterprises +Observations on Cabinet Memoranda +Coordinating “Deyata Kirula” Development Programme-2014 +Approval for the Purchase of Vehicles +National Budget Approval for Vehicle Procurements +Procurement of vehicles to the Public Sector +Participation of Staff on Boards and Committees +The Organizational Structure and Role of the Department of National Budget +The Staff +Human Resource Development +Foreign Training/Seminars/Meetings +Local Training +Financial Administration of the Department of National Budget +Advance Account of public officers +Auditor General’s Queries for 2014 +Summary +The Department of National Budget operates under the guidance of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. +The Department functions as the focal point for the formulation of Budget Estimates based on a sector wise Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in consistence with the overall medium term macro-economic framework. +The MTEF presents its financial plans towards specific targets within the context of sectorial policy strategies while paying particular attention to the management of public expenditure. +This process involves a continuous consultation with the line Ministries, Departments, Statutory Agencies of the Government and the relevant Treasury Departments. +Performance of the operational activities of this department is based on the broader scope of public finance management and planning of the Ministry of Finance and Planning and overall mandate of the Department of National Budget. +In the year 2014, the department carried out a wide range of activities in relation to the implementation of Budget 2014 as well as preparation of Annual Budget of 2015 within the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, 2015–2017, as given in Table 1.1. +Table 1.1 +Summary of Performance – Year 2014 +Function +Activity +Overall Target +Achievements +Implementation of Budget 2014 and Expenditure Management +Issuance of Budget Circulars giving instructions on expenditure management +Manage public expenditure efficiently +Issuance of National Budget Circular Nos. 157 & 157(i) in this regard +Provision of additional funds for unforeseen expenditure and Submission of Supplementary Estimates to Parliament +Provide funds and reduce unforeseen expenditure +The additional fund requirements, especially for accommodating unforeseen incidents such as floods, draughts etc were addressed, managing the reallocation of funds within the approved expenditure ceiling, without submitting a Supplementary Estimate to Parliament. +Authorization of transfer of funds under F.R. 66 and 69. +Maintain the expenditure within the approved estimates. +As per the Financial Regulations, 1589 applications were authorized. +Out of that, 242 applications were programme transfers and 1,347were project transfers. +Preparation of National Budget Estimate for 2015 +Issuance of Budget guidelines on the preparation of the Budget Estimates. +Issuance of letters to the Ministries, with the relevant guidelines on preparation of budget estimate. +Formulated the Budget for 2015 in line with the Government Development Policy Framework within MTEF 2015-2017. +Preparation of draft annual budget estimates in consultation with spending agencies and relevant departments of the Treasury +Ensure meeting the goals set out in the Vision for the Future; Development Policy Framework of the Government +Conducted pre-budget meetings for selected Ministries and other stakeholders with the Chairmanship of HE the President +Function +Activity +Overall Target +Achievement +Conduct Budget discussions with relevant Ministries +Identify the actual requirements and prepare a realistic budget. +Conducted meetings under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Minister of the relevant Ministry +Conducted review meetings with the Secretary to the Treasury and the Deputy Secretaries along with relevant Departments/ Agencies +Making necessary arrangements to present the Appropriation Bill for 2015 to Parliament, on time +Making necessary arrangements to present The Appropriation Bill to Parliament in first week of Oct, 2014 +Gazetted the Appropriation Bill for 2015 in the Gazette, dated 19. 09. 2014. +Preparation of detailed Printed Estimates +Preparation of detailed Printed Estimates with relevant to all the Expenditure Heads with analytical data +Pass the Appropriation Bill by Parliament +Submitted the Appropriation Bill to Parliament on 26.09.2014. +Presented the Budget to the Parliament (Second Reading) on 24.10.2014. +Parliament passed the Appropriation Bill on 24. 11. 2014. +Appropriation Act No 41 of 2014 was certified by the Hon. Speaker on 24. 11. 2014. +Warrants were issued by HE the President as the Minister of Finance on 04. 12. 2014. +Function +Activity +Overall Target +Achievement +Submission of observations on Cabinet Memoranda +Submission of observations and comments on Cabinet Memoranda in line with relevant analysis of government expenditure +Submitted 399 observations on Cabinet Memoranda. +Timely submission of observations on Cabinet Memoranda +Internal Management of the Department of National Budget +General Administration +Financial Leasing Management +Ensure efficient utilization of human resources and budgetary provisions allocated to the department +Capacity Building +Develop human resources through local and foreign training +Three officers were trained overseas while four officers were trained locally on programmes related to activities of the NBD. +Submission of Reports +Submit reports before the deadlines +Performance Report +Appropriation Account +Reconciliation of public officers Advance Account +Submitted the following Reports on time. +Performance Report 2013 +Appropriation Account 2014 +Reconciliation of public officers Advance Account 2014 +Replying to the Audit Queries +Minimize audit queries +Attend to COPA +Replied to the all audit queries (07) forwarded by the Department of Auditor General. +Review and Implementation of Budget 2014 +Appropriation Act for 2014 +Accordingly, the Appropriation Act (Amendment) No. 47 of 2014 which includes the above changes was approved by Parliament. +Performance of Budget - 2014 +Head-wise expenditures which were disaggregated in terms of Projects and by Object Codes with sources of financing presented to Parliament in the Printed Estimates along with the Budget Speech. +Once the Appropriation Bill became an Act and the Minister of Finance issued warrants authorizing to incur expenditure as indicated in Printed Estimates. +As per the budget estimates approved by Parliament for year 2014, provisions were allocated among 208 expenditure heads/spending units. +This included both capital and recurrent expenditure namely, salaries and wages, welfare, operational expenses such as electricity, water, stationery fuel, diet, uniforms and the expenditure related to development programmes. +Accordingly, the Advance Account activities of the year 2014 have been carried out within the approved limits. +Table 2.1 Utilization of Provisions - 2014 +Name of the Ministry/Special Spending Units +Estimated Provisions +Additional Allocation +Total Expenditure +Actual Expenditure +Unutilized Provisions +Special Spending Units +Buddha Sasana and Religious Affairs +Finance and Planning +Defense and Urban Development +Economic Development +Disaster Management +Postal Services +Court +Health +Foreign Affairs +Transport +Petroleum Industries +Co-operatives and Internal Trade +Highways, Ports and Shipping +Agriculture +Power and Energy +Child Development and Women's Affairs +Public Administration and Home Affairs +Mass Media and Information +Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities +Social Services +Education +Labour and Labour Relations +Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development +Local Government and Provincial Councils +Technology and Research +National Languages and Social Integration +Plantation Industries +Sports +Indigenous Medicine +Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development +Livestock and Rural Community Development +National Heritage +Parliamentary Affairs +Re-settlement +Industrial and Commerce Affairs +Irrigation and Water Resources Management +Land and Land Development +Youth Affairs and Skills Development +Environment & Renewable Energy +Water Supply and Drainage +Higher Education +Public Management Reforms +Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms +State Resources and Enterprise Development +Civil Aviation +Culture and the Arts +Coconut Development and People's Estate Development +Wildlife Resources Conservation +Minor Export Crop Promotion +Productivity Promotion +Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare +Public Relations and Public Affairs +Private Transport Services +Telecommunication and Information Technology +Sugar Industry Development +Investment Promotion +Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation +Education Services +Law and Order +Debt Service Payment +Treasury Miscellaneous vote (TMV) +Grand Total +Provisions were provided from Supplementary Allocation. +Source: Department of National Budget/ Department of State Accounts +Sectoral Perspectives in 2014 Budget in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework of 2014-2016 +The Budget 2014 was mainly based on the Development Policy Framework of the Government and on the strategies identified therein. +The following operational scenarios were also applied in the formulation and implementation of 2014 Budget. +Sectoral basis – The budgetary allocations for 2014 were made in accordance with the sectoral policy framework developed by relevant stakeholders for the development of respective sectors during the medium term of 3 years. +Realistic assessment – The budget 2014 was based on an assessment of actual expenditure incurred under the limits provided in terms of Article 150 (2) and Article 150 (3) of the Constitution. +Slow-moving projects – Reformulation or phasing out of all such projects that have been carried in estimates for several years. +Prevent duplication and incompatibility - Proper recognition was given to identify duplicated and incompatible activities under each of the ministries. +Also, instructions were given to distribute the allocations in all the spending agencies and the Provincial Councils in a manner that would manage the sectoral allocation. +In order to facilitate this sectoral process, all Ministries, Departments, and other Spending Agencies were classified under sectors in the Budget formulation, namely Social Security, Human Resource Development, Infrastructure Development, Real Economy, Environment, Research and Technology, Public Service Delivery, Defense and Law Enforcement. +Accordingly, each spending agency was categorized into said sectors, depending on the activity undertaken. +Management of 2014 Budget +Total Government Expenditure +However, the Government was able to limit the actual expenditure to 1370 billion, slightly lower than the original estimated 1470.8 billion. +Public Expenditure Management +The budgetary operations 2014 were managed within the expenditure ceilings approved by Parliament while ensuring achieving the targets of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework 2014-2016. +Among the tools that have been employed for prudent public expenditure management by the Treasury, the Supplementary Support Services and Contingent Liabilities (Treasury Miscellaneous Vote- TMV) was one of the main instruments to prevent supplementary budget to manage various unforeseen urgent requirements during the year. +Supplementary Estimates +The Supplementary Support Services and Contingent Liabilities Project (Treasury Miscellaneous Vote- TMV) continued to be implemented by the Treasury as a tool for the prudent management of public expenditure in 2014 in order to provide funds for unforeseen urgent requirements while preventing ad hoc supplementary budget estimates. +The Treasury recognized an aggregate sum for this instrument during the budget formulation process considering the historical trends in public expenditure and budget deficits and other fiscal targets such as advance provisions to enable to improve favorable fiscal environment in the country. +The provisions for supplimentary support were utilized as follows; +Table 2.2: Supplementary Provisions for Capital Expenditure +Major Areas +Obligation Management +The Treasury issued guidelines to manage financial obligations which are being entered into by various spending agencies without having adequate provisions and thereby creating liabilities on the government and to ensure such obligations are included well within the budgetary provisions. +Also, they were directed to spend within the Medium Term Budgetary Framework that had already been approved by Parliament. +The management of obligations, and recurrent and capital expenditure, was further strengthened by issuing the National Budget Circular No. 1/2014 dated 01.01.2014 requesting all spending agencies to adhere to the annual provision limits in 2014 Budget Estimate. +Further, guidelines on obligation management has issued by the Treasury through the Budget Circular No. 03.2014 on 18.08.2014 on Guidelines on preparation of Budget Estimates for 2015. +Accordingly, all Accounting Officers were advised to establish proper systems to ensure commitments are made only within the approved annual budget. +Issuance of Budget Circulars. +The Department has issued following circulars during the year 2014, providing guidelines required for expenditure management of the spending agencies. +Table 2.3: Issuance of Budget Circulars +Date +Circular No. +Title +01.01.2014 1/2014 Authorization for Incurring Expenditure for 2014 and Public Expenditure Management +23.07.2014 2/2014 Implementation Of Budget Proposals 2014 Providing Motorcycles Field Officers in Public Sector +18.08.2014 3/2014 Guidelines for preparation of Budget Estimates for 2015 +04.12.2014 4/2014 Incur expenditure within the revised Budget Estimates for 2014 +26.12.2014 152 (II) Guidelines for Provisions of relief to the Public in an Emergency Disaster situation and Restoration of Damaged Areas +29.12.2014 152 (III) Special Circular for provision of relief to victims of prevailing disaster situations +30.12.2014 5/2014 Authorization for Incurring Expenditure for 2015 and Public Expenditure Management +Source: Department of National Budget +Monitoring of Advance Accounts +Monitoring of Advance Accounts operations continued under the purview of the department during the year 2014. +Out of total 207 Advance Accounts; 196 Public Officers’ Advance Accounts, 4 Commercial Advance Accounts, 3 Stores Advance Accounts and 4 Special Advance Accounts were operated. +According the provisions of Appropriation Act, limit revisions of 31 Public Officers’ Advance Accounts and 05 other Advance Accounts were submitted for parliamentary approval. +Officers of this department attended meetings of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) held to examine the Auditor General’s reports on Advance Accounts in 2014, in Parliament. +Preparation of Budget Estimates for 2015 +Budget estimates for 2015 were formulated within the ten-year development framework 2006-2016. +Accordingly, the Budget 2015 targeted the strategies to raise per capita income and transforming Sri Lanka to poverty free country by 2016. +Budget Formulation Guidelines +A standard Budget Circular was not issued for the preparation of Budget Estimates for the year 2015. +All the Secretaries of Ministries were addressed personally giving guidelines to prepare their Estimates for 2015 by way of a personalized letter issued by the Secretary to the Treasury, which included all the specific instructions. +The department did a review on 2014 Budget and based on critical assessment, worked out a ministry-wise potential budget. +By mid-August 2014 the department sent the indicative estimates for 2015 for each ministry with the detailed letter indicating the assumptions used to derive those estimates. Based on these, the ministries were requested to submit their draft estimates by September 2014 for negotiations between the Treasury and the relevant line ministry. +After holding long-term discussions separately for Ministries, it was confirmed whether the provisions have been allocated properly for all the projects. +Special Activities +Budgetary Management of Non Commercial Public Enterprises +All matters relating to Public Finance and Budgetary Management of 122 Enterprises (Statutory boards) which are supported through the funds from the Consolidated Fund were carried out by the Department of National Budget during the year of 2014. +The following functions with regard to these institutions were carried out by the Department of National Budget in 2014 to improve their financial and management efficiency. +Review the performance and the progress of these Statutory Boards, by analyzing and examining the Annual Budget, Annual Action Plan, Annual Accounts and Annual Report etc. +Revising of the requests for release of monthly cash imprest on the recurrent and the capital grants along with Department of Treasury Operation. +Assist, prepare and submit reports of the financial performance and management of Statutory Boards to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), when the COPE meetings are convened by Parliament. +Grant approval for the purchase of new vehicles required by these Enterprises. +Purchasing and handing over new vehicles under the Financial Leasing Method and when necessary. +Review the Audit Examine Reports of the Auditor General and the Special Audit Quarries submitted to this Department. +Coordinate with the relevant Statutory Boards on resolving these quarries and ensure that the remedial actions are taken to avoid occurrence of such audit quarries in the future. +Submit recommendations to the Department of Management Services on the recruitment of new staff to Statutory Boards based on availability of Budgetary Provisions and actual needs of such institutions. +Grant approval of the Department of the National Budget to travel abroad for various purposes (trainings, meetings, seminars, conference etc.) +Advice and co-ordinate with the Statutory Boards on the other financial and management issues such as implementation of Mega Capital Projects etc. +Observations on Cabinet Memoranda +During the year 2014, the department prepared observations to 399 Cabinet Memoranda for the Hon. Minister of Finance and Planning. +Coordinating “Deyata Kirula” Development Program 2014 +The Department of National Budget has been involved in coordination of Deyata Kirula National Development programme such as, organizing pre-discussions, identification of areas to implement the program, identification of ongoing and new development projects in respective areas and expedite and prioritize, preparing & submitting Cabinet Memorandum, participating in National Operational Committees & Procurement Committees and overall fund management. +In addition, the National Budget Department was responsible in releasing the funds timely for the projects and programmes approved by the Cabinet ensuring their smooth implementation. +Approval for the Purchase of Vehicles +National Budget Approval for Vehicle Procurements +In terms of the Cabinet decision of 31st January 1990, the National Budget Department grants approval for purchase of vehicles by Government Institutions. All ministries, departments, provincial councils, local authorities and all statutory boards, corporations and government owned companies (GOCs) whether under self-financing or otherwise, had to obtain the prior approval of the Committee for any such purchase. +Accordingly, The National Budget Department continued reviewing the requests for procurement of vehicles by various government agencies and given approvals. +During the year 2014, the Department has given approval for purchase of 1496 vehicles and N0. Of vehicles purchased by each category stated the table below. +Table 4.1: Vehicles approved by the Department of National Budget by Vehicle type, in 2014 +Type of Vehicle +No. of vehicles approved +Motor Cars +Jeeps +Vans +Buses +Cabs(Single / Double/Crew) +Three wheelers +Lorries / Trucks +Motor cycles +Ambulances +Others (Tractors/ Trailers/ Water Bowsers, etc.) +Total +Source - Department of National Budget +Procurement of Vehicles to the Public Sector +Continuing the purchasing of vehicles for the use of government agencies on financial leasing method with approval of the Cabinet of Ministers on 30/08/2010, the government has made an attempt to manage the public expenditure efficiently. +This method was applied as a part of cash flow management as the cost of vehicles could be distributed over 05 years. +However, at the end the vehicle becomes an asset of the concerned agency. +Accordingly, the Department of National Budget has continued purchasing vehicles for government agencies by calling competitive bidding from the state leasing companies of Banks. +Upto now 3,916 vehicles have been purchased, including the vehicles used for CHOGM, on leasing installments to be paid over 05 years period in equal monthly installments. +The purchased vehicles have been distributed among government agencies on the basis of a need assessment conducted by the Department of National Budget in consultation with relevant agencies. +Participation of Staff on Boards and Committees +Most of the staff officers of this Department have served as Directors (Treasury Representatives) on the Boards of Directors of Statutory Boards, Public Corporations and Government owned Companies (GOCs), while some Officers have served as Members of Cabinet Appointed Tender Boards (CATBs), and Technical Evaluation Committees (TECs) representing the secretary to the Treasury in these committees. +In addition, Staff Officers of this Department attended meetings of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) and the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) in Parliament, representing the department. +The Organizational Structure and Role of the Department of National Budget +The Organizational Structure and role of the National Budget Department have been constructed with a categorization under the following comprehensive sectors which represent the provisions of Liner Ministries expenditure estimates. +Public Services +National Security and Law Enforcement +Human Resources +Infrastructure +Finance +Social Security +Environment +Real Economy +Staff +Numbers of Officers under the following service levels were in the Organizational structure of NBD in year 2014 as per the Public Administration Circular No. 06/2006. +Service Level +Senior Level +Tertiary Level +Secondary Level +Primary Level +No. of Officers +As at the end of the year 2014, the approved cadre and the actual cadre of the department were as follows. +Table 5.1: Cadre of the Year - 2014 +Designation +Approved No. of officers +Actual No. of Officers +Director General +Additional Director General +Director +Deputy Director +Assistant Director +Accountant +Administrative Officer +Translator +Project Officer +Budget Assistant +Research Assistant +Development Assistant +Management Assistant +Driver +Office Assistant +Total +Human Resource Development +The department has directed its staff to the following local and foreign training programmes in 2014, in order to enhance their professional skills and working efficiency, in addition to attending various meetings in their official capacities. +Foreign Trainings/Seminars/ Meetings +Table 5.2: Foreign Trainings/Seminars/ Meetings- 2014 +Name of the Officer +Designation +Programme +Trained Country +Duration of the training +Director General +International Monetary Fund / World Bank Spring Meeting +Washington +11.04.2014 - 13.04.2014 +Sri Lanka Investment & Business Promotional Seminar +Sweden +27.11.2014 +Additional Director General +United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Pacific - Asia (70th Session)phase I (ESCAP) +Bangkok - Thailand +23.05.2014 +United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Pacific - Asia (70th Session)Phase II(ESCAP) +Thailand +04.08.2014 +Bangkok +08.08.2014 +Assistant Director +Workshop & Parliamentary Briefing on Sustainable Immunization Financing +Cambodia +20.07.2014 - 23.07.2014 +Non-communicable Disease in the South –East Region +India +18.08.2014 - 21.08.2014 +Local Trainings +The following staff members were given local training in different fields in the year 2014. +Table 5.3: Local Trainings +Name of the Officer +Designation +Programme +Institute +Duration +Assistant Director +Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Development +University of Colombo +01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014 +Asst. Director +Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Development +University of Colombo +01.01.2014 - 31.12.2014 +Development Officer +Postgraduate Degree - Economics +University of Kelaniya +2014/2015 +Budget Assistant +Postgraduate Degree - Economis +University of Kelaniya +2014/2015 +Financial Administration of the Department of National Budget +Budgetary provision required for the normal operations of the Department of National Budget was shown under Head 240 in the Budget Estimates for 2014 and allocations were provided under 2 programmes. +a. Programme 01 +Operational Activities +Project of the Programme +01 Budget Formulation and Policy +b. Programme +02 Development Activities +The provision related to departmental administrative expenditure on budget formulations and policies was provided by the Project No. 01 while Project 02, provided allocation for facilitating unexpected and unforeseen expenditure required by various spending agencies. +The budget also provided for the implementation of the budget proposals announced in the Annual Budget 2014 and the Government's policy priorities. +The above total provision was utilized as follows. +(1) Programme 01 +Expenditure of Project +(2) Programme 02 +Provisions transferred to other Heads under Project +Total +Balance Provision +Public Officers' Advance Account Activities +Table 5.4 - Public Officers' Advance Account for 2014 +Category +Maximum Limit of Expenditure +Minimum Limit of Receipts +Maximum Limit of Debit Balances +Source - Department of National Budget +Source - Department of National Budget +In terms of the Budget Circular No. 114 of 31.12.2003, figures of the above Table comprised only the transactions occurred under the Advance Account item No. 240-under 011, within the department. +According to Circular No. 118, loan balances of officers who had been transferred out or in, were settled with Accounting Heads, under the Advance Account item No. 240-012. +The Department had complied within the authorized limits of Public Officers’ Advance Account, accordingly. +Table 5.5 - Loans Given in Year 2014 +Loan/Advance +Festival Advance +Special Advance +Distress and Bicycle Loans +Total +Source - Department of National Budget +Auditor General’s Queries for 2014 +During the year 2014, 07 queries were referred to this Department by the Auditor General and all the quarries were duly answered. +Annual Performance Report +Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Contents +Page number +1.Introduction +2.The Institutional Structure of institutions under the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +3.The progress of institutions under the Ministry of National Co-Existence, Dialogues and National languages +3.1.Languages Division +3.2.Social Integration and Ethnic Affairs Division +3.3.Administration Division +3.4.Planning Division +3.5.Finance Division +3.6.Internal Audit Division +4.Department of Official Languages and its Progress +5.Official Languages Commission and its progress +6.National Institute of Language Education and Training and its Progress +7.National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations +8.Foreign Funded Projects under the Ministry +8.1.Facilitating Social transformation and integration Projects +8.2.Project for enforcement of law, accessing justice and strengthening of social integration. +9.Allocation of funds +10.Advance accounts +11.Review +01.Introduction +The Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages was established under the extraordinary gazette notification of no:1933/13 and dated 21.09.2015. +Prior to that, the National languages and Social Integration Unit functioned under the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and local government and Democratic Governance under the notification of the extraordinary gazette no:1897/15 and dated 18.01.2015 and prior to 08.01.2015 the Ministry had been established as the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration. +The Ministry is situated at No:40,Buthgamuwa Road, Rajagiriya. +Vision +A Sri Lankan nation strengthened by diversity, with reestablished coexistence and nourished cultural identities of all communities +Mission +Formulating policies, creating dialogues, guiding and facilitating in order to build a developed society with rights of all communities ensured, mutual respect and coexistence and implementing a relevant programme to achieve them. +Activities and functions of the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Formulating Policies, Programmes, Projects regarding the subjects of departments and statutory bodies under the subject of national co-existence and the ministry and monitoring and evaluating them. +Implementation of Official languages policy and related matters. +Introducing and implementing necessary programmes of dialogues essential for re-establishment of solidarity and co-existence among ethnic groups. +Providing necessary facilities for the use of national languages and link language in order to create an environment among ethnic groups for understanding social and religious backgrounds. +2.The Structure of the Institutions under the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages. +Ministry of National co-existance, Dialogue and Official Languages and its divisions +Sabaragamuwa Provincial Centre +Kuruwita,Rathnapura +Ministry of National co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Web - www.lanintegmin.gov.lk +Northern Provincial Centre +Thirunagar, Kilinochchi +Language Division +T.P. +Fax +Social integration and ethnic affairs +language Division +Administration Division +Planning Division +Finance Division +Internal Audit Division +Ministry of National Co-existence,Dialogue and Official Languages and its divisions +Institutions under the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Department of Official Languages +Official Languages Commission +National Institute of Language Education and Training +National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations +Foreign Funded Projects Under the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Facilitating projects for Social Transformation and Cohesion +The strengthening of law, access to justice and Social Integration +03.Divisions of Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages and their performance +3.1.Languages Division +Introduction +Implementing relevant programmes in Sri Lanka with regard to implementing the official languages policy, monitoring the implementation of the Official Languages Policy and taking policy decisions are performed by Language Division. +The following are given high priority among the matters considered first in planning the programmes of the language unit; +Of the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission, implementing the appropriate recommendations to implement the language policy +Implementing the recommendations given in relation to the implementation of the official language policy in accordance with the national policy on the protection of human rights +Implementation of the recommendations of the Officers' Committee report in relation to the acquisition of language proficiency by public officers +Objectives +Planning and compiling of policy to implement the official language policy +Building the necessary background for making public service bilingual +Empowering the general public in relation to the implementation of official language policy +Effecting a positive mentality among the general public of Sri Lanka in relation to propagation and promotion of language +During the course of 2015, the Language Division conducted programmes under 04 main targets; namely, +1. National Languages Development Programme +2. People’s Action for Bilingualism +3. Trilingual Sri Lanka Programme +4. Programmes conducted in collaboration with the National Language Project (from 01.01.2015 to 31.05.2015 only) +3.1.1.National Languages Development Programme +1.Facilitation of Language Plan Programme +It is notified that all Public Institutions shall prepare a strategic plan to implement the policy on official languages as per the public circular no 18/2009. +In order to facilitate Institutions in this connection, this Ministry has compiled and published a guide book to help Public Institutions prepare Language Plans. +While the Ministry, which has taken the subject of implementing the Official Language policy effectively under its scope, has initiated "The Language Plan Facilitation Programme" with the objective of facilitating and preparing language plans in state institutions, the following activities have been implemented under the programme thus far. +Identification and training of relevant officers technical committees on preparation of language plans +A group of 54 officers belonging to institutions affiliated to the ministry and field officers was identified and given technical training on preparation of language plans under two programmes on Training of Trainers. +The first programme of it was conducted for 25 officers from 22.04.2015 to 24.04.2015. +The second was conducted for 29 field officers from 09.09.2015 to 11.09.2015. +The task of preparing language plans relevant to his/her field of service within a specified period of time was given to the trained officers in terms of an assignment. +Accordingly, the Ministry and its affiliated institutions and all District Secretariats have commenced preparing Language Plans and training the officers concerned. +It is of special significance that the officers, who have been selected by Ministries, Provincial Secretariats and District Secretariats, contributing their technical expertise in the preparation of language plans. +Commencing Programmes on facilitation of Language Plans in Ministries. +Under this Programme, providing facilitation to 5 Ministries in relation to Language Plans(Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Public Administration and Management, Ministry of Law and Order and Prison reforms)has been commenced. +Accordingly, an awareness programme on preparation of language plans was conducted for officers of the institutions under the Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media on 16.10.2015. +Commencement of the process of facilitation of Language Plans in District and Divisional Secretariats. +Followed by an awareness programme, preparation of Language Plans has been commenced in Badulla, Galle, Kandy, Kurunegala, Nuwata-Eliya and Rathnapura districts and at the Divisional Secretariat of Kothmale. +Providing officers of National Integration Promotion Coordinators/Assistants with the training on preparation of Language plans. +Under this programme, officers coming under the purview of Anuradhapura, Kandy, Kurunegala, Nuwara-Eliya and Rathnapura districts have been provided with the training concerned. +The officers concerned are engaged in preparing language plans for the offices they are attached to +Production of tools and accessories relevant to the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Reprinting of the Language Guidelines Books +Steps were taken to prepare 2000 copies of the Guidelines book and 2000 CDs of the same for devising language plans in Government Institutions. +The Language Guidelines Books are used as learning aids in Programmes on facilitation of Language Plans. +Reprinting of the Sinhala/Tamil alphabet Books. +20,000 copies of the Sinhala/Tamil alphabet Books were printed as per the recommendations of the report of the committee appointed for identifying strategies for enhancing language proficiency of the public officers. +These books have been distributed to the government institutions on priority based requests. +Creating audio-visual tools essential for regional level bilingual administration +Initiative has been underway in preparing five Digital Video Disks(DVD)based on five common occasions where bilingual conversations take place in government institutions. +In this connection, the initial part of the work has been completed and the future activities are expected to be completed in 2016. +Use of these tools will enhance the opportunity of delivering the general public the bilingual services. +Compilation of the Ministerial news letter “Apurwa Nadee” +First and second issues of the “Apurwa Nade” were compiled and 3000 copies of them were distributed. +Accordingly, these“Apurwa Nade” news letters have been distributed to all Ministries, District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats. +Further, action has been taken to send the copies of this news letters by post to the Language Associations registered with the Ministry. +An attempt has been made through the newsletter “Apurwa Nadee” at opening a dialogue among various sectors of the society about the importance of achieving national harmony through bilingual skills. +Thus, a number of articles on Buddhism and Social Integration, importance of multilingualism and insightful artistic songs at stimulating inter-ethnic feelings have been successfully released. +Conducting conversational workshops on the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +As for the efficient implementation of the official language policy, it is of great importance that the awareness of public officers implementing the Official Language Policy needs to be enhanced. +Focusing on this objective, institutional heads representing various sectors have been educated by the Language Division with regard to implementation of the official language policy. +Accordingly, HQIs of police stations, heads of local governments and other officials as well as school students have been acquainted with the legal provisions with regards to the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Around 1000 police officers including high ranking officers of 78 police stations in Rathnapura, Kegalle, Nuwara-Eliya and Badulla districts have participated in these programmes. +Further, around 600 officers of government institutions coming under jurisdiction of the Northern Provincial Council, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council, Southern Provincial Council and North Western Provincial Council have also been educated with regards to the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Under this programme, the Language Division has enhanced the awareness of around 2,880 students in Kandy, Matara, Ampara, Gampaha, Colombo, Kalutara and Batiicaloa districts on the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +The structure of these programmes is designed so as to give the target groups an understanding of the Official Language Policy and legal provisions, policy framework of social integration, the role of the Ministry and its affiliated institutions, implementing the Official Language Policy. +Accordingly, lectures by scholars, computer presentations and group activities were used in these workshops. +The service of Ministerial officers, trained as trainers, could be obtained in all programmes conducted for school children in this connection. +Since providing a basic knowledge on preparation of the language plans of the targeted institutions was one of the objectives of these programmes, the requisite technical knowledge was also provided with the officers. +04.Establishment of Bilingual Facilitation booths at District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats. +Since 2012, Bilingual Facilitation booths have been in the process of being established with a view to enhance facilities for the people to get their service done in the language of their choice. +On that basis, Bilingual Facilitation booths in all the72 Divisional Secretariats located in the 72 bilingual Divisional Secretariat Divisions have been established by this ministry. +The Field Officers, attached to this Ministry, have been directed to these Divisional Secretariats so as to render a more effective service for the general public. +In the year 2013, having taken another step forward, the ministry successfully completed establishing Bilingual Service booths at 19 Divisional Secretariats. +In 2014, having established Bilingual facilitation booths in 06 Divisional Secretariats and 08 District Secretariats, the Ministry in 2015 established such booths in the District Secretariats located in Colombo, Trincomalee, Puttalam and in Divisional Secretariats located in Lahugala, Padiyathalawa, Kundasale, Kegalle and Monaragala. +05. Establishing 14 innovative model centres in order to strengthen the process of implementing the Official Language Policy. +•Attention was paid to 04 main aspects that need be taken into consideration in the implementation of the Official Language Policy. viz: +Reflecting upon the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Preparing an administrative mechanism and a documentation process with regard to implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Providing the services with regards to implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Institutional commitment towards the implementation of the Official Language Policy +In line with the above initiative, 14 government institutions representing different sectors in Sri Lanka, selected under the fund of Canadian government by the ministry, were entrusted with the task of building inovative models in impllementing the National language policy. +On that basis under the National Languages Project, 14 government institutions were selected based on 04 criteria by the Asian Foundation and developed as Innovative Model Centres. +Among those institutions 07 Provincial Councils, 01 Divisional Secretariat, 03 police stations and 03 hospitals were built as innovative models. +14 government institutions identified by the government in 2015 were futher empowered as innovative model centres implementing Official language policy. +The main purpose of this initiative was to maintain these institutions as models that set examples to other government institutions related to this subject. +Under the initiative, the weaknesses in implementing the official language policy in the above institutions are being identified by rechecking the check list. +Accordingly, the Language Division provided necessary provisions for implementing sustainable development programmes necessary to implement the Official Language Policy. +Under this activity, money allocations were made to the positive projects given to us Kanthale Pradeshiya Sabha, Bandarawela District Secretariat, Nuwara-Elya Municiple Council. +Accordingly, Provisions are to be made next year to Galle Mahamodara Teaching Hospital ,Nuwara-Eliya Police Station and Trincomalee Base Hospital which have sent project reports. +06.Setting up of trilingual sign boards at District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats +Providing necessary funds for setting up of trilingual sign boards at government institutions with a view to reflecting upon the implementation of the official language policy is yet another worthwhile initiative implemented by the language Division. +On that basis, action has been taken to provide funds to bilingual Divisional Secretariats. +Accordingly, provisions of funds have been provided to 22 Divisional Secretariats. +07.Promotion of National Languages through mass media +The main objective of this programme is to enhance the radio listeners’ awareness of the role of the Ministry, the Language Policy and the Social Integration Policy. +Accordingly, the Ministry has contributed towards two radio programmes to be broadcast in the Sinhala and the Tamil languages. +Thus, the radio programme “Palama/Palam" (Bridge) was broadcast on the Commercial Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and the Thendral FM from January 2015 to September 2015. +(It was telecast on every Sunday from 10.30 am to 11.00 am). +While 38 programmes of it were broadcast, action was also taken to broadcast it in the Ministry on every Wednesday. +Subsequently, the Ministry contributed towards 18 programmes of “Subharathi/Vidiyum Velai” during the period from October to December 2015. +Listeners were made aware of the Programmes through teaser programme. +08. Making provisions for the special projects related to Social Integration Week. +The Language Division identified various programmes related to the Social Integration Week annually declared by the Ministry. +Of the above projects, five most effective projects were given Financial provisions by the Language division. +Of the above projects, the following projects are very special. +Providing funds for the development of infrastructure facilities of a mixed school with less facilities located in Monaragala. +Taking steps to create a learning-friendly environment in a school for children in Negombo. +Making provisions for setting up of trilingual sign boards at the Cancer Institute in Maharagama to reflect upon the implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Improving the infrastructure facilities of 2 villages located in Haputhale where the plantation people reside. +Development of a pre-school in Huseniyagamapura in Puttalam +3.1.2.People’s Movement for Bilingual Action Programme +01.Establishment of Language Associations +National movement for language associations can be identified as a programme for acquainting the general public with the importance of implementing the Official Language Policy aimed at creating a Sri Lankan nation enriched with equality and endearingly intertwined by the two languages. +Since this programme was initiated in 2012, up to now a total of 2,428 language associations have been established Island wide. +Language Associations registered in 2015 are 279. +In line with the above program, 206 language classes have been established covering the 25 districts with a view to enhancing Sinhala and Tamil language learning skills a well as improving bilingualism. +Accordingly, understanding the value of the implementation of the Official Language Policy by the general public in their residential areas will contribute towards bringing about coexistence in the society. +Providing provisions for projects proposed by the Language Associations in relation to promotion of Official Languages and social coexistence. +Implementation of various projects with the objective of building national harmony and mutual understanding among people in different areas of the country is another fuction being carried out by the language associations. +Among the above programmes, Organization of Sinhala-Tamil national festivals, Youth exchange programmes, conducting programmes to generate self-employment opportunities through language proficiency, organization of friendship camps for enhancing Sinhala–Tamil intimacy etc. could be worth mentioning. +In 2015, the Language Division had been able to provide funds for 87 projects submitted by language associations established in different areas of the country. +Developing 04 identified Divisional Secretariats as Innovative Model Centres. +Transformation of 04 government offices into innovative model centers is a programme commenced by the Language Division from this year. +under this programme, process of facilitation has been started by the provincial centres to develope Kuruwita and Rathnapura Divisional Secretariats and Karachchi and Punagari Divisional Secretariats as Innovative Model Centres. +Under this programme, the Language Division conducted an awareness programme to the public officers, including Chief Official Language Implementation Officer and the Official Language Implementation officer of the relevant Divisional Secretariats on the implementation of the Official Language Policy and afterwards it provided them with necessary guidance to prepare language plans and implement the official language policy effectively in their respective institutions. +At the conclusion of the initial programme, steps were taken to give the assignments to prepare language plans in relation to the institutions concerned and now the task of preparing language planns are taking place at the institutions concerned. +The technical guidance required in this regard will be provided by the officers of the Language Division who have been trained in preparing language plans. +3.1.3.Trilingual Sri Lanka Programme +Under this programme, funds were provided to the National Institute of Language Education and Training for conducting language classes. +3.1.4.Programmes conducted in collaboration with the National Language Projects. +01. Providing the National Language Division with the necessary technical assistance for planning of programmes relevant to implementation of the Official Language Policy, leadership and institutional empowerment. +Workshop for training of focal point officers on Gender. +26 focal point officers, who were selected subsequent to the Gender Sensitization Programme series held in 2014, successfully completed a three-day work shop on promotion of Gender. +Officers of the Ministry and its affiliated institutions, representing Sinhala and Tamil mediums attended the workshop. +At the end of the programme, the preparation of an approximate action plan for implementation of Gender Sensitization programmes of their respective institutions took place. +Setting up of Bilingual Facilitation booths +Bilingual Facilitation booths established in Morawewa and Walapane District Secretariats were provided with infrastructure facilities. +Thus, both booths were furnished with required computers and other accessories. +Bilingual facilitation services are being rendered through the National Integration Promotion Coordination officers attached to these offices from the Ministry. +02. Provision of technical assistance for implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Compilation of the Hand Book on Implementation of the Official Language Policy and Legal provisions. +A hand book containing the Official Language Policy and related law was complied to be used along with the Hand Book of Language guidelines on preparation of Language Policy in public institutions. +Information on all circulars issued and Acts passed thus far pertaining to the implementation of the Official language Policy are made available to the public officers through this book. +1500 copies of the book and 3000 CDs containing the guidelines of Hand Book have been produced. +These tools are made use of in the programmes organized by the Ministry for implementation of the Official Language Policy. +Technical training on Preparation of Language Plans +The Needs Assessment Workshop with regard to carrying out technical training for preparation of language plans of the government institutions was conducted with the contribution of the Asia Foundation. +Subsequently, the compilation of the following hand books on preparation of language plans of the government institutions took place. +Hand book of simple language guidelines for preparation of language plans at Ministry and Department level +Hand book of simple language guidelines for preparation of language plans of the District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats +Hand book of simple language guidelines for empowerment of Ministerial Focal Point Officers on preparation of language plans +Preparation of the hand book of issue-solutions to manage the calls received by the Language Call Center with regard to preparation of language plans. +Training of technical officers on utilizing these hands book in preparation of language plans was carried out with the financial contribution of the National Language Project and the technical contribution of the Asia Foundation. +Accordingly, empowering of 54 officers of the Ministry and its affiliated institutions as Language Plan Technical Committee Officers took place. +These officers contribute the technical knowledge in the training programmes on preparation of language plans, conducted by the Ministry. +03. Contribution to the Language Road Map programme. +Contributing towards the Language Road Map of the Ministry +Language Road Map can be introduced as a five-year strategic plan for efficient and effective implementation of the Official language Policy in government institutions. +while this is a document installed within Ministries from the ground level to the national level, it contains the strategic plans and policy solutions relevant to efficient and effective implementation of the Official Language Policy in the respective institutions. +Compilation of the simplified Road Map document containing the facts to be considered by the other Ministries in the preparation of their Road Maps, is yet another undertaking being carried out with the technical contribution of the National Language Project. +Whilst all the documents are available in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages, these documents need to be revised in line with the subject scope of the new Ministry. +Concluding Ceremony of the National Language Project +This event was held in Colombo on 24.04.2015. +During the course of the event, discussions and presentations based on the success of the national language projects carried out from the initial stages up to now took place. +During the course of the event, of the projects initiated by the National Language Project, those projects to be continued in the future as well were discussed. +In the sidelines of the programme, an attempt at obtaining a rough understanding of the network systems needed for the future activities of the Ministry also made. +04.Programme on the establishment of Regional level innovative models +Under this programme, 02 needs assessment workshops were conducted to identify the needs in providing technical training relevant to the preparation of language plans of the government institutions. +Preparation of the Hand Book of issues- solutions essential for managing the calls received by the Language Call Center with regard to preparation of Language Plans +Compiling the handbook of Simple Language Guidelines for preparation of language plans at Ministerial and Departmental level took place. +The ministry was introduced the Innovative Model Centres expansion programme aimed at extending the concept of Innovative Model centres to the other government institutions as well. +Accordingly, 04 Divisional Secretariats and 02 Pradesheeya Sabha are developed by the ministry as Innovative Model Centres. +05.Empowerment of Provincial Centres +The National Languages Project has provided Infrastructure facilities for the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Center and technical assistance for the programmes being conducted by the representatives of language associations in collaboration with Sabaragamuwa Provincial Centre. +The Management Planning bill for maintaining a good management of the Provincial centers has been handed over to the Ministry. +Performance as per the Action Plan +Financial Progress of the Language Division +01. National Languages development programme +02. Bilingual Public action programme. +03. Trilingual programme. +Total +Estimated expenditure +Actual expenditure. +3.2.Social Integration and Ethnic Affairs Division +Introduction +Creating a better society for all the people to live on the basis that all the people living in a country are its citizens, will lead the country towards the development. +There must be a clear path in order to achieve that target. +For instance, we should work within the framework of an appropriate policy. +However, there had not been a policy for social integration in the country and hence the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration stepped forward to formulate the National Policy for Social Integration. +The objectives of this policy are promoting a sense of responsibility in all citizens as equal partners in the process of promoting social integration and creating a sense of belongingness to the society, creating a society nourished by the pillars of discipline, education and empowerment and strengthening the basis of social integration policy. +One of the objectives of this process is identifying the importance of Communication and a common media with a sense of social responsibility as an inter-medium that could contribute towards social integration. +3.2.1 Social Integration Week +Cabinet approval had been granted on 2012/07/19 to hold social integration week annually. +Although Social Integration Week was not held due to the changes took place in the country in 2015, several parallel programmes, such as social welfare and educational programmes were held island-wide. +There are several ethnic groups based on race, caste, religious beliefs, cultural background and gender living in the society. +All these groups and ethnic divides stand united and carry out programmes contributing labour with commitments. +These programmes are carried out such a way that the benefits of them reach all the people living in the society. +On that basis, programmes carried out on regional level with the contribution of the people of the society is one of the programmes of social integration week. +Under this programme, essential basic facilities such as rehabilitation of pre-schools, children parks, health facilities, elders' homes, community centres and supplying drinking water, rehabilitating bridges, roads, school buildings were carried out. +In the year 2015, two programmes per district were carried out. +Community centre prior to the rehabilitation +Community centre after the rehabilitation +One of the main programmes of the Social Integration Week was the conducting of the year 5 scholarship program, aimed at empowering school children gain access to education as one of the seven elements of social integration. +Under this programme, steps were also taken to hold a discussion based on answering model question papers of year 5 scholarship examination for students of difficult areas. +Under this programme commenced in 2013, two programmes per district were carried out. +In compliance with the requests received, 79 such programmes were conducted in 2015; 38 Of them 38 were Sinhala medium programmes while 41 were Tamil medium programmes. +In 2015, 11862 Sinhala medium students and 11793 Tamil medium students were benefitted out of these programmes. +In 2015,45 social integration programmes parallel to Social integration week with the contribution of language societies were implemented. +Under these programmes, there were programmes to develop friendliness, knowledge of language, skills and attitude among ethnic groups and initiatives to prepare name boards in three languages in Monaragala and Buttala Divisional Secretariats. +Through these programmes, many benefits such as improvement of education, economic and infrastructure facilities, building of mutual understanding and trust among ethnic groups, awareness of social integration were granted to the marginalized general public. +Programmes of this nature were carried out with the objective of taking the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, peaceful country with several social strata respecting one another towards accelerated development. +3.2.2 Mobile Services for providing legal Documents +The objective of this programme is to provide the impoverished people in the society with basic legal documents essential to live as one of the fellow citizens in the society by creating mutual trust among all Sri Lankans regardless of ethnic differences. +While steps were taken to provide the people with an opportunity to obtain all these services in one place, all these services were provided to the people free of charge without any interruption. +(For instance, charges for photos and stamps for NIC, birth certificates, marriage certificates and death certificates and charges for new marriages were provided with individuals concerned without being charged.) +While this enables people to save time and labour, this also helps them to obtain the NIC, the document essential to establish their identity as citizens and thereby get themselves socialized. +Mobile services were conducted for providing Civic Documentations, covering five Divisional Secretariats in the year 2015. +These mobile services were conducted in Hanguranketa, Walapane, Ayagama, Pelmadulla and Hali-ella divisional secretariats. +In addition to that, 5000 Legal Documentation folders with details were printed and distributed among all the families each in Kiriella Divisional Secretariat to keep their legal documents safely. +Services rendered, +Issuance of National- Identity Cards-NICs have been provided to about 967 individuals in 2015. +Issuance of birth certificates, registration of late births, making amendments, probable birth certificates-about 2073 documents of the above nature have been issued in 2015. +Registrations of new marriages-30 couples, who had been living together without married, were registered free of charge in 2015. +Issuing of police reports for lost National Identity Cards - Police reports were issued in place of lost NICs free of charge. +Issuing Passports, Issuing Certificates of Justice of Peace - Steps were also taken to provide affidavits in relation to NIC’s, Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates. +Issuance of Senior Citizens' Identity Cards - steps were taken to provide Senior Citizens with photos free of charge and thereby to provide NICs. +Approximately 507 Senior Citizens were benefited by this programme in 2015. +These Mobile Services were carried out covering especially the Northern and Eastern Provinces, plantation regions and backward areas. +(Mullathive, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Ampara, Ratnapura, Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts) +Since 2013, steps have been taken to conduct mobile services from 2014 based on the statistics identified in 12 districts under the project Equal Access to Justice of the ministry to issue legal documents. +3.2.3 Youth Camp for Social Integration +The objective of this youth camp is to create a young society knit with wholeheartedly by creating social integration based on peace, co-existence and social integration among youths of different ethnic groups. +“Social Integration” Youth Camps are held annually by the ministry as one of the special programmes in recognition of them as a leading group capable of taking up the future and bringing about a social change. +04 Youth Camps per year are organized and there are facilities for about 100-150 males and females around the age of 18-30 representing Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim nationalities to take part in a camp. +This youth camp includes programmes to develop leadership and skills, lectures by university lecturers, music as a medium of social integration in establishing reconciliation amongst the youth, programmes on methods of teaching Tamil, Sinhala and English languages and avenues for youths to expose their talents. +In 2015, there were two camps held and about 200 youths participated in them. +Vocational Training Authority briefed the youths participated in the camp on the trainings available through vocational guidance service and also took action to provide them with employment opportunities. +3.2.4 Social Integration Programme for Orphans and Single Parented Children +Access to Education is one of the goals of the Policy of Social Integration. +Attention is focused on preventing any injustice or marginalization within the education sector caused by socio-economic inequalities or ethnicity or religion in order to provide the right of access to education. +A programme to provide school equipment to school children of marginalized groups, who have a single guardian or lost their parents, has been implemented by our ministry in order to help them gain access to education. +This programme was implemented in Puttlam, Kurunegala, Kandy, Batticaloa, Matara and Colombo Districts in the year 2015. +More than 1270 schools children were benefited. +It helps to draw the attention of the disadvantaged school children towards education by facilitating them and to socialize them through the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes of vulnerable groups in the community. +3.2.5. Cultural and Religious Programmes +Sri Lanka being a multi ethnic country, Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim nationalities live in this country. +In accordance with these ethnic groups, their religions and cultures differ from each other. +Such cultural festivals are Thaipongal, Sinhala Hindu New Year festival, Haj Festival, Deepavali and Christmas. +An event to celebrate different religious and cultural festivals of this nature is held at the ministry annually. +This event provides an opportunity to learn about the values ​​of different religions and cultures within the same community. +This ensures mutual trust, understanding, mutual respect and welcoming amongst each communities living in the society. +People belonging to all the ethnic groups take part in these festivals regardless of ethnic differences. +In 2015, festivals of this nature were conducted by the ministry in Kandy, Matale and Colombo Districts. +3.2.6 Providing financial assistance to the Social Integration related activities carried out by other Institutions. +With the objective of building Social Integration , events related to social integration are held with the collaboration of other institutions or financing them are done by our ministry. +Accordingly, the programmes for which financial assistance was given in 2015 are as follows. +Kalutara-Providing wooden furniture for Diri Daru Piyasa Children’s Home (Children with mental retardation)Bandaragama. +Galle-Providing learning materials and stationeries essential to the special education units of two schools in Thavalama. +(For the school children of the Special Education Units in Vidyaraja Vidyalaya in Thavalama and Mahabodhi Vidyalaya in Panangala) +Gampaha-Providing sanitary facilities to the community hall located in Mahaththuwa Grama Niladari Division. +Kurunegala-Development Programme for special needs children under “Apen Obata Athwelak” in Kurunegala(five selected Divisional Secretariats in the District) +Puttlam-Socializing school children of less resourced schools located in difficult areas by assuring their future through vocational training and providing books for school libraries concerned. +(Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim students of 04 selected schools in Vanathawilluwa and Kalpitiya Divisional Secretariats) +Matara- thihaagoda,Fostering national unity in the hearts of the children by wall painting +(Painting competition for school children and awareness programme on language policy/social integration) +Mannar–Programme on peacebuilding and co-existence based on the experience gained by cultural and sports +Jaffna–Providing water and sanitary facilities for Vigneshwara pre-school located in Wadewatta GS Division. +Ratnapura-Building social integration by establishing cooperative education programme in Balangoda +(Establishing library facilities at Rassagala Tamil Vidyalaya and Rassagala Sinhala Vidyalaya) +Kalutara-04 day educational tour to build National Unity by languages programme-(Grade 10-11 Tamil learning students of Horana, Sripalee Vidyalaya) +Colombo-Protecting children by preventing child abuse and harassment of children from taking place in Timbirigasyaya +Kelaniya–Empowering programme for differently abled children +Agalawatta–Constructing a toilet for students of Tamil Primary School located in Galewatta, Agalawatta. +Matugama–Constructing a toilet for the Community Hall located at 79 C Badugama Nawajanapada in Matugama Divisional Secretariat. +Colombo– Seethawaka, Senehasaka Thaksalawa Integration programme of students of schools located in the North and South +(Students and teachers of St.John Bosco College and students and teachers of Nageshwara Vidyalaya in Killinochchi)Further, some programmes are carried out with the provisions of Ministry of Child Development and Women Affairs. +Among them, the programmes mentioned below have been conducted. +The awareness programme on the issues faced by the female employees in the government sector. +Health Clinic. +Programme on prevention of Gender based violence. +3.2.7. Conducting dialogues involving religious leaders and community leaders towards enhancing social harmony. +While this programme was conducted with the objective of fostering mutual understanding among religions at Divisional secretariats and building mutual trust and thereby building a society with mutual respect for each other, multi-religious groups, teachers and students of Damma Schools, civil security group, community leaders, youth teams and government employees participated in the programme. +While the dialogue helped each member get an awareness of the religious and cultural facts of others, it also focused on the disputes taking place among religions and as to how they could be resolved. +Giving priority to mitigate religious issues when cropping up among religions in the society, avoiding religious conflicts among religions, ensuring unity among religions are good deeds done by this programme. +Programmes of this nature have been carried out at the Divisional Secretariats of Badulla,Matara,Galle and Kegalle Districts. +3.2.8. Dialogue with Media towards enhancing social harmony +Performance as per the Action Plan +Financial Progress of the Social Integration and Ethnic Affairs Division +Implementing the National policy on Social integration via stakeholders concerned. +Ensuring socialization by effecting changes in knowledge, attitude and skills of vulnerable people. +Creating awareness on the importance of protecting their uniqueness and developing mutual understanding in the society. +Estimated cost +Actual cost +3.3 Administration Division +Introduction +Main objectives of the administrative branch are maintaining better institutional administrative environment, managing human and physical resources, fulfiling career needs of staff and assisting the ministry in implementing its services. +Functions of the Administrative Branch +Internal administration of the ministry +Getting approvals of carder +Preparing Scheme of Recruitment +Activities related to appointments, transfers and promotions +Maintenance of personal files +Disciplinary activities +Training +Maintenance of physical resources including building and vehicles +Coordinating Parliament Advisory Committees +Preparing cabinet papers +Performance as per the Action Plan +Financial Progress of the Administration Division +Compulsory Tamil training programme for National Integration Coordinators under the programme of bilingual knowledge improvement-stage I-IV, days 10x06 +Initial training programme meant for National Integration coordinators +Training programme to improve knowledge, attitude and skills +Programme on Bachelor degree studies +Programme on improvement of vocational training +3.4 Planning Division +Introduction +The Planning Division is one of the main divisions of the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages. +Projects/programs implemented by the ministry to obtain results generated, efficiency, effectiveness are monitored and evaluated. +By reviewing the progress monthly and quarterly in terms of reports on the Action Plan and reporting back to the management on the instances of deviations from the expected targets. +The functions of the Planning Division +Coordinating with the divisions of ministry and the institutions functioning under the Ministry to prepare the Annual Plan and the Annual Performance Report of the ministry. +Coordinating the implementation of the activities in relation to the pilot projects identified by the Ministry. +Regulating and evaluating the activities undertaken by the Ministry and the Institutions under it. +Preparing the Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Progress reports and submitting them to the Secretary to the Ministry, Department of National Planning, Department of National Budget, Department of Project Management and Evaluation and any other interested parties. +Preparing Progress and Action Plan for the year ahead and submitting the same to the Parliament during the course of the budget debates. +Maintaining, updating and developing the data of the Ministry. +Preparing the Annual Performance Report and submitting it to the Parliament, Ministry of Finance and Planning and Auditor General. +3.5. Finance Division +Introduction +Coordinating the financial services, and relevant units and thereby Preparing and maintaining positive financial ​information and financial management structure. +The main functions of the Finance Division +Assisting the Secretary to the Ministry in the capacity of Chief Accounting Officer to implement the financial obligations of the Ministry and be accountable for the Parliament +Ensuring compliance with the financial obligations and regulations of the Government +Establishing and maintaining a sound financial accounting structure including finance management +Coordinating with the Treasury and the institutions under the Ministry and Foreign Funded Projects to prepare/update/review financial reports and budgetary requirements and finalize accounts +Financial planning and budgeting +Ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting +Management of assets of the Ministry +3.6 Internal Audit Division +Introduction +Assisting the Management by reviewing, measuring, evaluating and reporting on compliance with the internal management system of services and functions carried out by the Ministry and institutions functioning under it. +The functions of the internal audit unit +Evaluating the success of the system of internal control carried out in the Ministry and other institutions under it in order to avoid errors and frauds and assisting to strengthen the internal administration +Ascertaining the reliability of the accounting and other reports and checking if the recognized accounting methods employed provide the information necessary for the preparation of correct financial statements +Appraising the quality of performance of the staff in carrying out the responsibility assigned to them +Ascertaining as to how the assets of ministry and its institutions are safeguarded from all kinds of losses +Monitoring whether the establishment code, financial regulation, public administration, treasury and other circulars and instructions are adhered to +Carrying out special investigations whenever necessary +Conducting audit and management committees +Department of Official Languages and its Performance +Department of Official Languages +Introduction +Department of Official Languages was established on 01.10.1956 as an Institution tasked with the implementation of Official Language Act no 33 of 1956. +Both Sinhala and English languages were made Official Languages of Sri Lanka while English language was named the link language as per 13th and 16th amendments to the Constitution of Sri Lanka enacted in 1987 and 1988 respectively. +As per the articles 18 and 19 of Chapter IV of the Constitution, Department of Official Languages, as the facilitator for effective implementation of Official Language Policy, is engaged in providing translations to the government in all three languages, enhancing the language competence of public officers, compiling glossaries and preparing textbooks and dictionaries. +The Department of Official Languages situated at “Bhasha Mandiraya” No:341/7, Kotte Road, Rajagiriya is headed by the Commissioner of Official Languages. +Vision +Peaceful trilingual society with coexistence +Mission +Providing facilities and co-ordination for implementing the Official Languages Policy efficiently with the objective of establishing ethnic unity and peace +Major functions performed by the Department +Conducting written and oral examinations and issuing certificates to the officers who are required to acquire official language proficiency in terms of Public Administration Circular No.01/2014 and 04/2014 +Carrying out translation tasks of government and semi–government institutions(in Sinhala, Tamil, English) +Compiling Sinhala, Tamil and English glossaries on various subjects +Compiling and selling of textbooks and guide books for the Language Proficiency tests of public officers +Compiling of trilingual glossaries. +Teaching international languages just as Sinhala, Tamil, and English languages and holding examinations with the application of modern technology +Conducting Language Proficiency and Efficiency Bar Examinations for the staff of external institutions. +Providing practical training for those students who follow translation degree programmes in universities and other recognized educational institutions. +Divisions such as examination, Translation, Language laboratory, Publications and Selling, Glossary Compilation, Research, Development and Library have been established in the department to carry out the above functions. +4.1 Providing facilities helpful to obtain language proficiency +01.Printing of books and practical books. +The major function of the Official Languages Department is to compile textbooks and other supportive books as a written media for professionals and all those interested in learning Official Languages. +Accordingly, 10,000 copies of “Spoken Tamil book” and 4,590 copies of “Written Tamil book “ were printed. +The major responsibility that was entrusted with the Department was the formulation of 04 textbooks both in Sinhala and Tamil Languages in simple style to be used easily with the view to providing facilities to learn the second language for public officers as per 8.2(a)recommendations under the implementation of recommendations made by the committee appointed by the Cabinet of Ministers on the language proficiency of public officers. +Pre-research workshop on teaching lessons in the Sinhala textbook Level-IV. +This workshop was conducted on 27,28, and 29.08.2015 for the officers belonging to level-IV of the Public Service at Trilingual Learning Centre in the city of Jaffna. +Sessions of pre–research workshop on teaching lessons in the Sinhala textbook–Level IV +The task of compiling textbooks during the year 2015 was finalized and 10,000 copies of textbook-level IV (Sinhala and Tamil),30,000 copies of textbook– level III(Sinhala and Tamil), 40,000 copies of textbook-level II (Sinhala and Tamil ),10,000 copies of textbook level-1 have been handed over for printing. +02.Conducting Language Proficiency Examinations +Conducting of written and oral examinations public officers, issuing of results and result sheets were carried out with the objective of assessing Language Proficiency of public officers and encouraging them to acquire bilingual Language Proficiency. +Evaluation of Listening skill test using technical instruments was commenced on 23rd October this year. +Various instances of the workshop for preparing question papers for oral tests +In 2015, written Test for Official Languages Proficiency Level I, II, III, IV was held on 31.05.2015 for 75,606 applicants. +The Number of participants was 30582. +Under the programme of conducting oral tests for candidates who have passed written examination and second language in G.C.E.(O/L) examinations, Oral tests were conducted for 44,047 officers who passed the written examination in previous years. +44,047 results sheets and 297 certificates (old)have been issued. +Also, issuing of result sheet printed on a special protective paper for all candidates was commenced this year. +In 2015, steps were taken to conduct examinations for 11 external institutions. +4.2 Providing translation services to government and semi-government institutions and compiling glossaries. +Providing translation services using state of the art technology and techniques is yet another specific role of the Department. +Under the task of providing necessary inputs for making translation work efficient,a Sinhala/Tamil auto-translation software is now being prepared in collaboration with the University of Moratuwa. +Similarly, letters equivalent to Sinhala/Tamil languages are being translated. +For this purpose, Training was provided to 04 officers of the Department. +02. In order to improve the knowledge of experts, professionals, students and writers and generally all groups of people, a new trilingual glossary is being compiled by the Glossary Section of the Department. +Under the programme +Building and Construction technology +Glossaries related to the Army, Navy and Airforce +Police craftsmanship +Public Administration(Establishment Code) +Financial Regulation +Land Administration +Information Technology(Sinhala and English) +Psychology +Law +Mathematics +Physics +Statistics +Agriculture +Botany +History +Linguistics +Literature +Education +Twenty two (22) technical glossaries including Counselling and Economics were finalized and uploaded to the Department web site. +4.3.Conducting seminars and research on language usage and technology and providing recommendations and tools +Under this programme, computer based games (Sinhala/Tamil) including 200 questions related to 10 different fields of the language were produced for improving the knowledge of language in a recreational way and uploaded to the web site. +Information related brand names in Sinhala and Tamil were gathered, letters were sent to 75 institutions to find the Sinhala and Tamil equivalents to them. Accordingly, 95 brand names were received from 25 institutions and work pertaining to 27 brand names of 05 institutions has been completed and handed over to those institutions. +Under the programme of uploading words in alphabetical order to the website, 5000 words have been identified and computerized. +In order to find a solution to the problems caused to those learning Sinhala or Tamil as a second language, a research book was formulated to facilitate them under the name of a “A hand book to write official letters in Public Service” and it has been given to be printed. +While formulating a standard form in writing the common names of all Sri Lankan districts, cities and villages in Sinhala, Tamil and English is another objective, the task was not implemented as it was implemented by the Department of Survey with its representation. +Programme on preparing Language plans +A workshop was held with the participation of 185 Department Officers to obtain proposals for the preparation of a Language Plan on behalf of the Department with the objective of encouraging the Officers to work while the implementation of Official Languages ​​Policy. +The above awareness programme which was implemented under provisions of the department, was held on 03.08.2015. +A Language plan was prepared in line with the proposal received. Accordingly, Departmental name boards, notice boards were prepared as proposed in the language plan and displayed in all three languages. +Attention of officers has been drawn to the fact that dealing with official documents should be in official languages. +Various instances of the preparation of Language plans +Promotion of National and International Language Proficiency +Sinhala, Tamil and English and foreign language courses are being conducted in a Language laboratory equipped with modern technology for those interested in following national and international languages on half-yearly study courses. +During the year 2015, Sinhala, Tamil, English and foreign languages courses were conducted successfully for 1500 students. +Similarly, implementing the programme for promoting bilingual knowledge by using e-learning distant mode of education methodology(for 1st level) and the establishment of computer based examination system to evaluate language proficiency(in collaboration with the Department of Examinations)were not implemented during 2015 and it has been proposed to commence them once the new language laboratory is opened. +Also, Certificate Awarding Ceremony in relation to the 2nd semester 2014, was held under the auspicious of Hon.Minister A. Mano Ganesan in 2015. +582 students were awarded certificates at the programme. +Performance as per the Action Plan +Department of Official Languages +Estimated cost +Actual Expenditure +Printing Books and Language Text books likely to facilitate language proficiency and Conducting Language Proficiency Tests. +Providing translation Services for Government and Semi Government institutions and Compiling of glossaries. +Conducting research and seminars on language usage and technology +Promoting National and International Languages proficiency +Modernization of institutional environment +Implementing recommendations of the committee on language proficiency of public officers, appointed by the cabinet +Developing and analyzing methodologies and regulations +Development of Human resources +Total +Official Languages Commission and its Performance +Official Languages Commission +Introduction +The Official Languages Commission has been established under the provisions of the Official Languages Commission Act No 18 of 1991. +The Commission consists of six members, appointed by His Excellency the President +One of them shall be nominated by the President to be the Chairman of the Commission. +The Commissioner of the Official Languages Department shall be the official secretary to the Commission. +The new chairman and the members have been appointed with effect from 05th August 2014. +Vision +To be the organization empowered to ensure the implementation of the official languages policy by all organizations providing services to the public. +Mission +Providing for the bilingual needs of the public through reviewing, monitoring, educating and advising on implementing the official language policy. +Objectives: +To recommend principles of policy related to the use of the Official Languages and to monitor and supervise compliance with the provisions contained in Chapter IV of the Constitution. +Taking all necessary measures and implementing them to ensure the use of the languages referred to in Article 18 of the Constitution (hereinafter referred to as the “relevant languages”)in accordance with the spirit and intent of Chapter IV of the Constitution; +Promoting the evaluation of the Official Languages and recognizing, maintaining and taking forward their status; equality and right of usage. +In responding to any complaints received conducting self investigations and also taking remedial action as provided for by the provisions of this Act. +Functions +Initiating reviews of any regulations, directions or administrative practices, which affect or may affect, the status or use of one of the three languages. +Issuing or applying Researchers and policy statements that Commission considers necessary in relation to the status or application of particular languages. +Undertaking common educational activities including sponsoring or initiating publications or other media presentations considered suitable by the commission on the status or use of languages concerned. +Purchasing or otherwise acquiring any movable or immovable asset and maintaining, leasing or renting or selling, mortgaging or otherwise dealing with. +Taking necessary measures to attain the objectives of the commission by taking any other necessary or appropriate measures to exercise the powers of the commission. +Programmes Implemented by Official Languages Commission in 2015 +5.1 Creating awareness among public officers +The objective of these programmes is to create awareness on the responsibility and legal background of public officers with regard to implementation of the Official Languages Policy in Government institutions. +Two methods are being followed up by Commission in implementing these programmes. +i.e. Conducting common awareness creation programmes and conducting awareness creation programmes for identified groups of public officers. +Awareness creation programme among Deans and Secretaries of Universities in Western Province, with regard to the Official Languages Policy. +This awareness creation programme was organized after analyzing the complaints received by the Commission in the previous years with regard to violation of the Official Languages Policy considering National Universities as special fields. +Accordingly, this workshop was held on 08.10.2015 at Central Bank Auditorium “Center for Banking Studies”, Rajagiriya. +All Universities and affiliated Institutions in the Western Province took part in this workshop. +Special matters discussed +Official Languages Policy and its legal background +In accordance with the provisions of the circular no:04/2014 to implement the Official Languages Policy in Universities, a university student has the right to follow his higher education in the language of his basic education +The due place for Official Languages must be given in administration of University +Awareness creation among heads of private hospitals with regard to the Official Languages Policy. +At present, the private sector provides various services for general public. +Of which the health sector is special. +It has been observed by the Commission that the general public has been greatly inconvenienced as most of the private hospitals deal with English language in rending their service. +Because of that reason, an awareness creation programme with regard to the Official Languages Policy was held for leading private hospitals in the district of Colombo on 28.08.2015 at the auditorium of the Central Bank, “Center for Banking Studies”, Ragagiriya. +Officers from about 27 private hospitals took part in this programme. +Officers from Private Medical Services Development Division- the regulatory institution of private hospitals of the Ministry of Health and the Chairman, representing the Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes also participated in this programme. +A basic awareness creation with regard to the Official Languages Policy was held, and subsequently a session for questions and discussions was held. +The following matters were discussed here. +Obtaining the services of a translator in the case of Doctors lacking bilingual proficiency +Non-availability of trilingual announcements +Name boards, notice boards and information boards not being displayed in three languages +Lack of officers who are well versed in three languages +Difficulty in translating certain technical words and using them +Outcomes of the programmes +Following the programme, it was decided that the future activities should be carried forward by the commission. +Making necessary arrangements to issue recommendations via Private Health Services Regulatory Commission to prepare all boards displayed in private hospitals participated in the programme in three languages and make announcements in three languages within a time limit and monitoring the same. +Obtain​ing assistance from Private Medical Development Division of the Ministry of Health with regard to implementation of the recommendations aforesaid. +03.Awareness creation programme among the officers of Colombo Municipal Council +An awareness programme under the awareness programme of creating awareness among field officers in the government institutions located in bilingual administrative areas under the instruction of the Hon. Minister of National Dialogues, was held for officers of Colombo MMC and field officers of affiliated institutions on 2015.11.30 at the auditorium of the Department of Training, MMC Colombo. +After the awareness programme on the official language policy, a discussion with regard to the problems faced by officers when implementing the Official Languages Policy and possible remedies was held. +5.2 Language Audits +Reviewing with regard to implementation of the Official Languages Policy in institution audited up to 2014 +Recommendations have been given by the commission in relation to the institutions subjected to audit up to 2014. +Heads of relevant institutions will report the commission with regard to implementation of these recommendations. +The objectives of language audits are implementing, examining and reviewing the recommendations. +The follow up language audits conducted in 2015 are as follows +Divisional Secretariats +Deltota +Akurana +Udapalatha +Ambangangakorale +Ukuwela +Hanguranketha +Kotmale +Ambagamuwa +Udunuwara +Doluwa +Gangaihalakorale +Negambo +Jaffna +Matale +Badulla +Passara +Haliela +Ella +Police Stations +Kotmale +Negambo +Auditing of unaudited Government institutions in Bilingual Administrative Divisions +Divisional Secretariats +Hambantota +Kataragama +Thanamalwila +Police Stations +Kandy +Alawathugoda +Ukuwela +Rattota +Hanguranketha +Jaffna +Hambantota +Kataragama +Thanamalwila +Badulla +Passara +Hospitals +General Hospital-Kandy +Teaching Hospital-Peradeniya +District Hospital-Matale +Divisional Medical Development Unit–Ukuwela +Base Hospital-Rikillagaskada +Health Medical Officer’s Office–Ambagamuwa +Institutions +Seegiriya World Heritage +University of Colombo +University of Jaffna +Mahinda Rajapaksha International Airport of Mattala +5.3. Printed Media Advertisements +Advertisements are published in main media by the Commission focusing on important days and occasions commemorated by Sri Lankans. +Two advertisements, depicting the message of importance of language rights and the Official Languages Policy, together with greetings have been published in 2015. +01. Islandwide awareness creation programme for general pubic +Printed media notices +There are two objectives in publishing printed media advertisements. +One objective is to create an awareness on language rights among general public and thereby create an interest towards a bilingual public service. +Creating an awareness on the legal responsibility of public servants in providing a bilingual public service could be said as the other objective of this programme. +These advertisements are published in both languages focusing on main days of religious, cultural and national significance of Sri Lankans. +These messages will include a greeting along with messages with regard to the language rights of people and the responsibilities of public officers. +Accordingly, the advertisements published in 2015 have been given below. +Greeting pertaining to Deepawali festival +Greeting pertaining to Poson Festival +5.4. Investigation of complaints +Investigating complaints with regard to violation of language rights is a primary task of the Commission. +Accordingly, of the 91 complaints received by Commission in 2015,46 complaints have been resolved. +5.5. Establishing and promoting language circles in school level and implementing school programmes via them. +The attention of the Commission was drawn towards the importance of conducting programmes for school children based on the experiences got from school debates and speech contests organized by the commission in 2013 and 2014. +As a future course of action of the above development, a decision was taken to establish language promotion circles in schools. +Steps were taken by Official Languages Commission to establish language circles with a long term objective of generating a trilingual environment in Sri Lanka through developing knowledge, attitudes and skills of school children with regard to the Official Languages Policy. +Under the above programme, the Official Languages Commission expects to establish language circles in all the schools located Island wide. +Accordingly, it has been decided to conduct all activities taking place within schools, including displaying of main name board, in both languages via language circles. +The objective of establishing language circles in schools is to direct the student society towards the aim of generating one Sri Lankan Nation twined by Bilingualism, to generate the attitudes and interest in student society towards using trilingual usage and to effect trilingual usage in all audible, visual, readable things in the school and also to develop the ability to convert the future society into a trilingual society. +The language circle consists of a panel which includes student representing each class, the principal and teachers. +The activity identified by language circle is to display all boards including the school main board in three languages, +Using Sinhala, Tamil and English in all the activities carried out in the school, conducting trilingual competitions and awarding prizes and certificates to the winners, +Displaying trilingual alphabets in schools, building words and sentences on daily, weekly and monthly basis and conducting programmes to encourage winners by giving points, +Organizing programmes to exchange cultural and social friendship with fellowship schools which follow other mediums of instruction, +Implementing trilingual programmes in national festivals, +Providing assistance to people in the neighbourhood with regards to their language needs and many other activities. +Organizing relevant tasks to establish language circles in collaboration with the Commission of Official languages and Ministry of Education. +A circular in this regard has been issued to schools by the Ministry of Education. +In accordance with that circular, by now certain schools have submitted their Annual Action Plan to the Commission. +Performance as per the Action Plan +Financial Progress of Official Languages Commission +Estimated cost +Actual Expenditure +Briefing universities and Higher Educational Institutes. +Awareness programme for the Hospital Staff. +Reviewing random samples with regard to implementation of the Official Languages Policy in institutions audited up to 2014. +Auditing of unaudited Government institutions located in Bilingual Administrative Divisions +Investigating complaints received with regard to violation of the Official Languages Policy. +Establishing language circles in school level and implementing programmes via them. +Islandwide awareness programme for general public(Printed Media Advertisements) +Social Integration week +Awareness programme for Government officers +National Institute of Language Education and Training and its Performance +National Institute of Language Education and Training +Introduction +National Institute of Language Education and Training was established under the provision of the National Institute of Language Education and Training Act No 26 of 2007 as a Statutory Body under the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration with the objective of implementing the Trilingual policy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. +From 1st of November 2007, this Institute has been functioning being affiliated to the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs and National Integration at no:310, Galle Road, Colombo 3. +With effect from 25th of April 2010, this Ministry was renamed as the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration and functioned under the ministry concerned. +With effect from 18th of January 2015, the Institute had been functioning under the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Democratic Governance. +With effect from 21st September 2015,the Institute has been functioning under the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogues and Official languages. +At present, this institute is functioning at No:40, Buthgamuwa road, Rajagiriya. +At present, this institution, has expanded its scope, implements a number of training courses island wide. +Of them the following are the key programmes. +Part-time Second Languages Courses for Public Officers(Level I/Level II/Level III) +12–Day short-term non-residential training courses for public officers +Teacher Training Courses +Feedback and Monitoring Programmes for Resource Persons +Diploma courses on Translation Studies (Part-time/Full Time) +Basic Courses on Translation (Residential 10 days) +Spoken Sinhala/Tamil language training courses under Language Circles National Programme +Short term Second Languages Training Courses for newly recruited government officers(Doctors, Administrative Officers and Other Professionals) +Several courses organized by the Institute are held at the training center located at Galewatta in Agalawatta. +The training center, which is situated in an attractive location, consists of a lecture hall with room for about 250 trainees at a time, group discussion facilities for residential training for about 60 persons and a Library. +While the service of a pool of expert resource persons is obtained in conducting the above island wide programmes, the staff of the Institute has been working with a sense of dedication. +Vision +Enhancing peace and co-existence among the people of Sri Lanka through training of national languages. +Mission +Functioning as the strategic centre for providing trilingual knowledge for language education and training with the purpose of implementing the Official Language Policy. +Objectives +Generating knowledgeable translators and interpreters of Sinhala, Tamil and English languages to be recruited in the National Translators' and Interpreters' Service established by written law. +Generating suitable and skilful teachers to train teachers of Sinhala, Tamil and English Translators and Interpreters. +Generating public officers well versed in three languages to render an efficient service to the general public. +Functions of the Institution +Providing continuous training in the three languages to those persons who wish to acquire such knowledge to be able to teach Sinhala, Tamil and English languages. +Conducting research and studies on issues about language training with the objective of utilising the results of studies and researches to conduct the activities of the Institution effeciently. +Providing language training and education to suitable persons and awarding certificates and diplomas to those who successfully complete such language training and education. +Establishing a board of trained personnel to continue language studies. +Setting up of a depository of details related to languages. +Conducting special language training courses in Sinhala,Tamil and English languages for persons belonging to special categories such as interpreters, translators and stenographers. +Various Training Courses conducted by the National Institute of Language Education and Training in the year 2015 +6.1. Part-time training courses for public officers +In order to empower the public officers in the two official languages, island wide part-time Language training programmes are implemented by the National Institute of Language Education and Training. +These programmes are organized at service stations level and conducted in such government institutions as Government Departments, Divisional Secretariats and Police Stations covering a duration of 4 to 6 hours per week, without causing disturbance to official duties of the participants. +While these Sinhala and Tamil Training Programmes are divided into four categories as level I, II,III and Level IV,the time durations of them are 250 hours,200 hours,150 hours and 100 hours respectively. +The objective of this programme is to improve the efficiency of the public service by enhancing the public officers'second language proficiency and facilitate the effective implementation of Official Language Policy. +The details of the part-time language training programmes conducted for public officers in the year 2015 are as follows. +Classes approved for 2015 +Leve l +Leve l1 +Leve l1 +Level III +Level III +Total +Accordingly, arrangements were made to provide training for around 5456 public officers through 186 classes by the Institute in the year 2015. +Level l +Level l +Level l1 +Level l1 +Level III +Level III +Total +6.2. 12 day Non-residential Tamil Language Training Courses for Public Officers +12-day Short Term Language Training Courses are to be organized by the National Institute of Language Education and Training for public officers who are unable to attend the part-time language training programmes. +This 12-day Short Term Language Training programme can be identified as a unique effort of the Institute to cultivate humane and pro-coexistence feelings in public officers and thereby to bring about cultural and social integration. +The officers participating in the classes should continuously attend the classes for 12 days and on completion of the course, certificates are awarded based on the result of a written and oral test. +The details of the 12-day non residential language training programmes conducted for public officers are as follows. +Health Medical officers training center, Kopay +June 10-21 +University of Vavuniya +June 11-22 +Management development centre +June 11-22 +Sabaragamuwa provincial centre +June 16-27 +Screed Heart college, Rajagiriya +July 16-27 +Divisional Secretariat Kelaniya +July 21-Aug 01 +Divisional Secretariat Tangalla +Sep 11- 22 +Sabaragamuwa provincial centre +Oct 15-26 +Sirihandha college, Rajagiriya +Oct 21- Nov 01 +Divisional Secretariat Batticaloa +Oct 23 Nov 03 +Divisional Secretariat Nochchiyagam +Oct 23 Nov 03 +Divisional Secretariat Bamunakotuwa +Nov 08-19 +Divisional Secretariat Galgamuwa +Nov 08-19 +Sabaragamuwa Provincial centre +Nov 9-20 +Divisional Secretariat Thihagoda +Nov 09- 20 +Gamunu Regiment School, Diyatalawa +Nov 11 - 21 +Divisional Secretariat Kalutara +Nov 14-25 +Divisional Secretariat Uhana +Nov 16-27 +Divisional Secretariat Ambalantota +Nov 16-27 +District Secretariat Monaragala +Nov 16-27 +District Secretariat Trincomalee +Nov 18-29 +Divisional Secretariat Devinuwara +Nov 21-Dec 02 +Divisional Secretariat Okwala +Nov 23-Dec 04 +Divisional Secretariat Hambantota +Nov 25 -Dec 06 +Divisional Secretariat Yatinuwara +Nov 26 Dec 07 +Divisional Secretariat Badalkumbura +Dec 01- 11 +Divisional Secretariat Rajanganaya +Dec 06-17 +Divisional Secretariat Meerigama +Dec 07 - 17 +Divisional Secretariat Thanamalwila +Dec 08- 19 +Divisional Secretariat Thissamaharama +Dec 08-19 +Divisional Secretariat Seethawaka +Nov 26 Dec 11 +Daham medura Ampara +Dec 02-13 +6.3 Teacher Training Programmes +Only those who participate in the 5-day residential Teacher Training Programmes conducted by the Institute and get through the relevant test, are eligible to teach in the island wide teacher training programmes conducted by the institute. +While these teachers employ the heartly-fused teaching learning Process in teaching, Institution conducts provincial level review and supervisory training study courses meant for them. +The objectives of these programmes are to teach the second language to the public officers for the purpose of implementation of the Official Language Policy and to produce a pool of teachers capable of providing knowledge to the general public to acquire language proficiency,through the National Movement of Language Associations. +In 2015, 02 teacher training programmes were conducted as income generating programmes and 68 teachers have been trained under the programme. +6.4.Progress Review and supervision training programmes for teachers +Agalawattta Training Centre +Feb 12, 13 +92 (no of groups 02) +Agalawattta Training Centre +March 08,09 +86 (no of groups 02) +Agalawattta Training Centre +March 18 -20 +Agalawattta Training Cente +June 29,30 +Agalawattta Training Centre +September 29,30 +86 (no of groups 2) +Agalawattta Training Centre +Oct 10,11 +92 (no of groups 2) +6.5.Planning and Development of Curriculums +Programme for Preparation of the syllabus for Step I and II of the 60-hour Tamil language programmes intended for the National Integration Coordination officers recruited and a total of around 05 such programmes were conducted in 2015. +Agalawattta Training Centre +Feb. 06-08 +Agalawattta Training Centre +April 03,04 +Agalawattta Training Centre +June 01-05 +Agalawattta Training Centre +Aug 22,23 +Office in Colombo +1st week of October onwards +6.6.Language Training Programme for Civil Society +150-hour Sinhala/Tamil language training programme +A Language Training Programme for Civil Society was initiated in 2012. +The 150-hour course consisting of (100 hours of oral and 50 hours of written training),these programmes were conducted island wide. +The objective of the porgramme was to enhance the social integration through providing the general public with Sinhala and Tamil language knowledge. +Details of the classes conducted for Language Associations in 2015 are as follows. +classes for which approval was given in 2015 +Accordingly, the steps were taken by the institute to give approval for conducting 296 classes for training 8880 participants. +Classes commenced in 2015 +Accordingly,144 classes were commenced in 2015 for 5598 participants. +Classes completed as at 31.12.2015 +Sinhala +Tamil +Total +Classes commenced in 2015 and not duly completed +Sinhala +Tamil +Total +According to the above table,only 04 classes were not held in 2015. +6.7. 12-day non residential Sinhala/Tamil language training programmes conducted under the Language Associations National Movement for students who have completed the A/L Examination +In 2015, Islandwide programmes were conducted by the institute for students who had completed G.C.E. (A/L) examination. +Accordingly, around 2232 participants were trained under the programme through about 30 language training programmes covering the entire island. +Nuwara-Eliya +Ambagamuwa disrict secatariat +Tamil +Ratnapura +Sabaragamuwa Provincial Center +Tamil +Kegalle +Wendala temple, Karawanella. +Tamil +Kalutara +Welipenna Sanasa society +Tamil +Kalutara +Social care institute,Beruwala +Sinhala +Galle +Haburugala Community center +Tamil +Mullaitivu +Secretariat Mullativu +Sinhala +Jaffana +Nelli Adi Central college +Sinhala +Jaffna +Kokkuwil Hindu College +Sinhala +Mannar +English Training center +Sinhala +Killinochchi +District Secretariat Killinochchi +Sinhala +Vavuniya +Gamini Vidyalaya +Sinhala +Gampaha +Kaleliya Adarsha Kanishta Vidyalaya +Tamil +Colombo +Navinna Annonyadhara Samithi hall, Maharagama +Tamil +Hambantota +Girihada Raja Maha Viharaya, Ambalantota +Tamil +Matara +Divisional secretariat +Tamil +Kandy +Sri Wishudharamaya, Gampola +Tamil +Badulla +Sri Uththararamaya, Passara +Tamil +Putttalam +Divisional secretariat, Mahawewa +Tamil +Monaragala +Bakinigahawela Muslim Maha Vidyalaya +Sinhala +Monaragala +Youth service center Monaragala +Tamil +Monaragala +Divisional secretariat, Monaragala +Tamil +Kurunegala +Divisional secretariat, Mallawapitiya +Tamil +Matale +Urban Council hall +Tamil +Ampara +Divisional secretariat, Karativu +Sinhala +Ampara +Divisional secretariat, Ampara +Tamil +Batticaloa +Divisional secretariat, Batticaloa +Sinhala +Anuradhapura +Divisional secretariat, Palagala +Tamil +Polonnaruwa +Divisional secretariat, Elahera +Kalutara +Kamburawala Maha Vidyalaya +6.8.Residential Tamil Language Training Programme for National Integration Promotion Officers. +A 60-day Tamil language training programmeis conducted by the Institute for the newly recruited National Integration Promotion Officers. +This programme is conducted for 06 months at the rate of 10 hours per month at the Agalawatta Training Centre. +The Objective of the programme is enhancing the efficiency of the public service by improving the second language competency of the public officers. +Agalawattta Training Centre +(July 17 - 26) +Agalawattta Training Centre +(Aug 24 - Sep 03) +Agalawattta Training Centre +(Nov 05 - 14)) +Agalawattta Training Centre +(Nov. 23 - Dec 4) +Agalawattta Training Centre +(Dec 4 -15) +6.9. Training and skills development programmes for the staff of the Institute +Divers programmes are conducted by the National Institute of Language Education and Training to develop the skills of its staff. +While Officers are sent to other institutions in order to provide them with opportunities for training, a programme was implemented including all the officers of the staff. +This programme provides the staff with the career guidance and assistance necessary for personality development. +6.10. fee levying study courses +Tamil language training programme for doctors +In compliance with a request made by the department of health,a 11-day residential second language training programme was conducted for the medical doctors engaged in internship training. +While the objective of this programme is to deliver an efficient and a cordial service to the general public, the total cost of this programme was borne by the Ministry of Health. +During 2015, 07 programmes of this nature were planned to be conducted. +Agalawatta training centre +Feb 20- March 02 +Agalawatta training centre +May 26 - June 05 +Agalawatta training center +June 16- 27 +Agalawatta training centre +July 4- 14 +Agalawatta training centre +Aug 4- 14 +Agalawatta training center +Sep 4- 14 +Agalawatta training centre +Sep 15 - 25 +02. Short-term training programmes for Government/Semi-Government institutions +08 Short-term training programmes for government/semi-government institutions were planned to be conducted in the year 2015 +While the costs of these programmes are borne by the respective institutions,the objective of this programme is to deliver a more efficient service to the general public by providing the public officers with the language training. +In 2015, 08 programmes of this nature were conducted for army officers. +Tamil +Jaffna +April 27 - May 8 +Mullaitivu +April 27-May 8 +Vavuniya +April 27-May 8 +Killinochchi +April 27-May 8 +Kandy +November 5-14 +Hambantota +November 5-14 +Panagoda +November 5-14 +Welikanda +November 5-14 +Total +Summary of the programmes conducted in 2015 +1 Part-time Training programmes conducted for public officers +Level I +Level II +Level III +Total +Language training programmes for the general public +Sinhala +Tamil +Total +12-day non-residential language training programmes for public officers +No of programmes +Progress Review programmes for teachers +Language training programmes for doctors +Language training programme for National Integration Coordination Officers +Teacher training programmes on Sinhala/Tamil languages +Language training programmes for Army officers +Language training programme for nurses +Communication skills development programme +Awareness programmes +Language training programmes students who have completed G.C.E.(A/L) examination +Planning and Development of Curriculums +03 sessions on Planning of curriculums +Performance as per the Action Plan +Financial Progress of National Institute of Language Education and Training +Estimated Cost +Actual Expenditure +Part-time Training programmes conducted for public officers +12-day non-residential language training programmes for public officers +Progress Review and Monitoring programmes for teachers +Training programmes for the staff of the Institute +10-day Tamil language training programme for the National Integration Coordination Officers +Acquisition of capital assets +Communication skills development programme +Planning and Development of Curriculums +Training programmes for Army officers +Awareness programmes +Programmes conducted for doctors +17 day non- residential Tamil language training programme for newly recruited nurses +150 hour Sinhala/Tamil language training programme for the general public +14 12-day non-residential Sinhala/Tamil language training programmes for students who have completed A/L examination was conducted under the Language Associations National Movement +Total +07. National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations +Introduction +Mission +Coordinating the resources and the activities of NGO’s within the National Policy Framework and make them contribute as partners towards the process of development of the country. +Objectives +Ensuring that resources mobilized from legally recognized NGOs are used in the interest of the people within the framework of law and policy. +Creating a conducive environment for National and International communities [Civil Societies] to contribute towards developmental activities voluntarily for the betterment of affected parties. +Strategy +Accepting the NGOs as responsive service providers to beneficiaries with the intervention and supervision of the government +Main divisions of the NGO Secretariat +All functions of the Secretariat for NGOs have been organized under the following divisions in order to achieve the above objectives. +1. Division of registration of NGOs and Investigation +2. Division of monitoring and supervision +3. Facilitation and service providing Division +4. Administration Division +08. Foreign Funded Projects under the Ministry +08.1. Facilitation for Social Cohesion and Transformation Projects +Introduction +Facilitating Initiatives for Social Cohesion and Transformation Project is implemented by the Development Assistant Institute of Germany on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in collaboration with the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages in Sri Lanka. +The Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages functions as the Sri Lankan partner of the project. +Facilitating Initiatives for Social Cohesion and Transformation Project assists the Government of Sri Lanka by supporting the development and implementation of a policy framework for social integration and inclusive citizen participation among state and civil society activists. +At the national level: Facilitation Project on Social Transformation and Integration works with the Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages and the Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils for social transformation and integration projects. +At the local level: Facilitation Project on Social Transformation and Integration conducts its activities in 5 pilot districts namely Ampara, Badulla, Galle, Mullaitivu and Puttlam in collaboration with the Provincial Councils, District Secretariats, Divisional Secretariats and Pradeshiya Sabha Offices and selected Community-Based Organizations. +The new and the final phase of Facilitation Project on Social Transformation and Integration which was to be completed in mid March 2017, commenced in January 2014. +The objective of this phase is to collaborate with “Government and Non-governmental Agencies" and build social integration by building key elements for social integration. +The results to be achieved by the above steps: +Enhancing the Knowledge on Social Integration. +Developing the skills of Government and Non-government agencies engaged in social integration. +Filing new trends and spreading them all over the country to promote social cohesion based on regional needs. +Facilitation Project on Social Transformation and Integration functions under four basic sectors in order to achieve the above results. +Implementation of the national policy mechanism in relation to social integration at National and District Level +Implementation of the national policy mechanism at Local Government and Community Level +Promoting Social Integration through arts and culture +Promoting Social Integration through Education and innovation +8.2 Strengthening enforcement of Law, access to Justice and Social Integration. +Introduction +The Project for enforcement of law, access to justice and social integration was initiated based on the experience gathered from i and ii phases of "equal access to justice project." +Facilitating relevant local-level processes and mechanisms aimed at improving service delivery systems, particularly in the areas of legal aid, prison administration and access to documentation are done by this Project on equal access to justice. +This project has established a casual level mechanism to create a connected approach and thereby access justice-oriented Institutions. +Based on these positive results, the program for strengthening law enforcement, equitable access to justice and social cohesion has been built by structuring and improving some of these coordinating units, leading to more radical reforms in justice. +By strengthening the institutional capabilities of planning in the relevant field, the programs focus on the recommendations of the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission as well as the government's ability to implement the National Policy Framework for Social Integration. +This programme is implemented nationally by the Ministry of National Coexistence, Dialogue and Official Languages and Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs. +8.2.1 Based on the facts transpired on the evaluation of documentation needs conducted in 2013, conducting mobile services on documentation in plantation sector. +Mobile services were conducted in the DS Divisions of Ayagama, Palmadulla and Kiri Ella in Ratnapura District, Hangurankethe and Walapone in N’Eliya District and Hali Ella in Badulla district. +Nearly 3000 legal documents including Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates, police Reports were issued to beneficiaries in this mobile service. +8.2.2. Providing necessary assistance to determine the linguistic gaps in the selected multi-ethnic hierarchical geographical locations and key service providing sectors. +Determining the linguistic gaps targeting police, local government authorities and hospitals in 54 bilingual DS Division is expected to be commenced. +While Center for Policy Alternatives is contracted to implement this activity, Preparation of Questionnaires, instructions and training of enumerators for the pilot survey have been completed. +Relevant data collection for the survey will take place in January 2016. +8.2.3. Providing necessary assistance for the Ministry of Education in relation to the Teacher Exchange programme (Senehasaka Thaksalawa) +The first programme of the “Senehasakla Thaksalawa” programmes was conducted for Eighty (80) Teachers belonging to in Five(05) educational zones in Anuradhapura. +8.2.4. Procurement of equipment for Language Labs of department of Official languages and National Institute of Language Education and Training. +Equipment were provided to two language labs located at Department of Official Languages and National Institute of Language Education and Training as well. +8.2.5. Participating in community activities to promote social cohesion and to maintain a sustainable coordination with empowered women leaders, through meetings and lectures at district level based on needs. +Follow-up programmes were organized in Killinochchi and Monaragala districts in collaboration with the trained women leaders and the SI officers based in the respective GA offices. +An awareness programme on underage marriages had been organized by Women leaders in Killinochchi +Entrepreneurship training programme on sewing for women in selected DS Divisions was conducted. +8.2.6. Promoting Social Integration through Volunteerism +The objectives of the selected volunteers are assisting people of respective District/Divisional Secratarits, assisting the staff to implement their day to day duties efficiently and also assiting to find remedial measures to overcome barriers in people obtaining the services in the language of their choice. +Of the 354 applications received in this regard, 240 volunteers were selected and they took part in the relevant orientation programme. +8.2.7. Programme on "Representation of younger society in bringing about change in the process of social integration" +Whilst preparing a documentary on "How could the volunteers direct their contributions towards avoiding the linguistic gap" is a part of this programme, the Department of Official Languages has already completed preparing the script of the documentary. +British Council has been selected by the UNDP to implement the programme on "Youth are the representatives of bringing about changes in social integration and transformation." +a. Whilst this Project provides the necessary technical input, it also shares experience and lessons learnt from similar previous programmes. +b. The first programme of it was conducted for 40 participants at Sarvodaya Batticaloa. +8.2.8. Programme on "young journalists as changing agents of social integration" +The programme on “Media dialogue to Promote Coexistence” was conducted with the collaboration of the Ministry of Mass Media and Sri Lanka Media Training Institute. +The Programme was conducted in Negombo for 59 Journalists attached to print/electronic/social/web media of private and state sectors. +8.2.9. Prevention of drug addiction, formation of “awareness groups” as change agents at community level to alert youth on drugs +Programme on prevention of drugs was held in Killinochchi in which 59 youths participated. +Women leaders, trained by the "Empowerment of Women Programme" conducted in 2014, initiated this programme with the assistance of Social integration officers of Provincial office in Killinochchi. +09. Monetary Allocations +Financial Progress up to 2015.12.31 +Head - Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Programme-Operational Activities +Project number and name- Ministry office +As at 2015/12/31 +Recurrent Expenditure +Personnel Emoluments +Travelling expenses +supplies +Maintenance expenditure +Services +Capital Expenditure +Rehabilitation of capital assets +Acquisition of capital assets +Total +Head - Ministry of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages +Programme-01 Operational Activities +Project number and name -02. 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S. No. 2014/317 - Third Instalment - Part IV - Funds - Report of the Auditor General 2012 +Customs Overtime and Cargo Examination Fees Fund - 2012 +1. Financial Statements +1.1. Qualified Audit Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 1.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Customs Overtime and Cargo Examination Fees Fund as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. +1.2. Comments on Financial Statements +1.2.1. Presentation of Financial Statements +1.2.2. Unidentified Transactions +This had been continuously pointed out in the audit reports for the years 2008 to 2011. +Though the Director General of Customs stated that action will be taken to rectify that in the subsequent year, no action had been taken even during the year 2012 to settle the matter. +1.2.3. Accounts Receivable +The following observations are made. +Adequate provisions for bad debts had not been made for those balances uncertain of recovery. +A formal course of action had not been taken even during the year under review for the recovery of the money from the debtors existing for more than 07 years. +Similarly, action had not been taken to ascertain the existence of certain institution shown as debtors. +Attention had not been paid to the possibility of identifying and settling those balances. +(c) Security deposits had not been obtained in connection with certain debtors' balances. +1.2.4. Special Deposits and Investments +The following observations are made in this connection. +(a) The documentary information in support of the purpose of obtaining the deposits had not been furnished to audit. +(b) Action had not been taken to find out the existence of the depositor of institutions and those deposits had not been confirmed as refundable deposits. +(c) As this money had been invested in saving accounts over a long period a very low interest had been earned and attention had not been paid to deploy the money in other suitable investments. +1.2.5. Lack of Evidence for Audit +Evidence indicated against the following items had not been furnished to audit. +Item +Amount +Rs. +Evidence not made available +(a) Sundry Debtors +Confirmation of Balances relating to outstanding debts of 158 institutions +(b) Eight Items of Accounts +Confirmation of Balances +1.2.6. Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +The following non-compliances were observed. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decision +Non-compliance +(a) Financial Regulations +(b) Public Administration Circular No. 9/2009 of 16 April 2009 and the Sri Lanka Customs Circular No. 01/2010 of 19 February 2010 +Even though the punch card machines had been introduced by Sri Lanka Customs, none of the officers of Sri Lanka Customs had used the punch card machine during the year under review and no action whatsoever had been taken in that connection. +1.2.7. Transactions not Supported by Authority +Internal regulations had been improperly made for enabling the Customs Officers to obtain overtime allowance exceeding 600 hours per month at 12 to 27 hours per day and the formal approval obtained for that had not been furnished to audit. +2. Financial Review +2.1. Financial Results +This deterioration had been mainly due to the decrease of the income of the Fund by 2.7 percent and the increase of the expenditure by 2.4 percent as compared with the preceding year. +3. Operating Review +3.1. Performance +(a) Overtime Fund +The money collected as overtime from the external clearance centres and the other institutions to defray the expenditure incurred in the performance of duties during the time in addition to the normal duty times of the Customs Officers and for the performance of duties on the dates in which the Customs is closed for duties is credited to this Fund and the payments made to the customs staff for such overtime service performed are considered as the expenditure of the Fund. +An analysis of the financial results of the Overtime Fund for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the 09 preceding years is given below. +Year +Income +Expenditure +Surplus +Improvement/ (Deterioration) in the Financial Results as Compared with Preceding year as a Percentage +Surplus as a Percentage of the Income +The following observation is made in this connection. +(b) Customs Cargo Examination Fees Fund +Out of the examination fees recovered from the parties who clear the goods for the deployment of Customs Officers outside the normal places of work on examination duty, 50 percent is credited to the Customs Cargo Examination Fees Fund and that money is utilized for the payment of allowances. +3.2. Transactions of Contentious Nature +The following observations are made. +(a) The contentious nature of the overtime payment process of Sri Lanka Customs was continuously pointed out in the previous years' audit reports and overtime had been paid in an unrealistic manner even during the year under review. +An audit check relating to 06 officers of the Export Division for the three months from January to March 2012 revealed that each officer had been on overtime duty in the ranges of 600 hours to 663 hours in each of the three months. +Further, the average overtime duty of these officers per day had exceeded 20 hours. +(b) Those officers had been paid cargo examination fees in an unusual manner in respect of the same period for which the above overtime had been paid. +(c) Even though requests were made to produce the documents to audit in support of the payment of cargo examination fees relating to the Bonds and Baggage Division during February to April 2012, such information was not produced even up to October 2013. +It was reported that the information relating to the Exports Division for the years 2008 and 2009 had been deleted from the computer, but such information for the year 2010 and 2011 had not been also produced to audit. +(d) The above overtime and cargo examination fees had been paid in addition to the monthly salaries, incentives, and rewards paid to the officers. +The overtime earnings of most officers had exceeded their consolidated salaries. +Payments were made for many officers on the basis on being on duty throughout the year without obtaining leave, which is an unrealistic. +(e) Even though the outdated regulations on overtime and external examination fees should be amended to rectify the above situations, no action whatsoever had been taken in that connection. +3.3. Management Inefficiencies +The following observation is made. +The unutilized money of the Fund had been brought forward from year to year as Treasury deposits. +The balances of the Deposit Account and the balance of the Fund indicated improvement as shown below. +It was observed that necessary steps had not been taken by discussing the matter with the Treasury. +Year +Overtime Fund +Cargo Examination Fees Fund +Balance of the Treasury Deposit Account +4. Accountability and Good Governance +Budgetary Control +It was observed that the budget had not been used as an effective management control, as the budget revealed quantitative variances between income and expenditure, and actual revenue and expenditure. +5. 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Nilanthi +Anuradhapura Zone +Name:Mr.P.G.Ariyapala +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Balangoda +Name : Mr. H.V.S. Vikirawita +Designation : Additional Zonal Director of Education +Name : Mr. M.D.S. Fernando +Balangoda Zone +Name :Mr.R.M.Ananda +Official Address: +Zonal Education Office,Hali-Ela,Badulla +Name:Mr.A.R.W.M.S.K.Amarakoon +Badulla Zone +Name: Mrs. S. Chakkarawarthy +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Batticaloa +Name: Mrs. V. Ganeshamoorthy +Batticaloa Zone +Name : Mr. W.M. Jayantha Wickramanayake +Official Address: +Zonal Education Office, Vithanage Mw., Colombo-02 +Name: Mr. J. Nanayakkara +Name: Mrs. R.M.S. Wasantha +Colombo Zone +Name : Mrs. W.M.C.Weerakoon +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Denuwara +Name : Mrs.G.L.T.S.Liyanage +Denuwara Zone +Name : Mr. N.M.K.B. Nawarathne +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Dimbulagala +Name : Mr. H.B.S.K. 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Saddhamangala Subasinghe +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Puttalam +Name : Mr. R.D. Solaman +Puttalam Zone +Name : Mrs. L.M. Weniton +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Thunukkai, Mallavi MMV., Mallavi +Name : Mr. A.M.R.S. Athapattu +Thunukkai Zone +Name : Mrs.S.Anton Somarajah +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Vavuniya South, Vavuniya +Name : Ms. R. Anantharani +Vavuniya South Zone +Zonal Education Office, Wellawaya +Name : Mr. M.A. Rathnasiri +Name : Mr. D.M.A Senanayake :   +Wellawaya Zone +Name : Mr. N.S. Premachandra +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Dehiattakandiya +Name : Mr. K. Fazeel +Dehiattakandiya Zone +Name : Mr. K.A. Susil Premanath +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kalegana, Galle +Name :Mr.K.P.K.S.Chandhima +Galle Zone +Name : Mr. W.R. Weerakoon +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Hakmana +Name : Mrs. U.M. Shiriyani Kulathunga +Mulatiyana (Hakmana) Zone +Name : Mr.W.M.Wejerahna +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kandy +Name : Mr. P.P.C.S.J. Pathirage +Kandy Zone +Name : Mr. J.K.V.A. Jayalath +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kekirawa +Name : Mr. J.K.M.V.K. Jayasinghe +Kekirawa Zone +Name : Mrs. M.T.S DE Silva +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kothmale +Name : Mrs. K.M.N.C.Gunarahna +Kotmale Zone +Name : Mr. S.A. Alagiyawanna +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kuliyapitiya +Name : Ms. S.M.D.K. Jayasinghe +Kuliyapitiya Zone +Name : Mr. N.W. Perera +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Matugama +Name : Mrs. A.G.S.P. Wijerathne +Matugama Zone +Name : Mr. P.S. Nonis +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Minuwangoda +Name : Mr. M.C. Perera +Minuwangoda Zone +Name : Mr. A. Vijayananthamoorthy +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Muthur +Name : Mr. A.M. Roman +Mutur Zone +Name : Mr. S. Krishnakumar +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Chawakatchcheri +Name : Mrs.S.Nanthakumar +Thennamaradchi Zone +Name : Mrs.Y.M.C.D.Yaparahna +Official Address: ZonalEducation Office, Katugastota +Name :Mr.P.H.R.P.Kumara +Katugastota Zone +Name : Mr. Hemapala Gunawardhana +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Kebithigollewa +Name : Mr. B.A.A. Wijerathne +Kebithigollewa Zone +Name : Mr. W.M. Piyasena +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Passara +Name : Mr. W.M. Deshabandu +Name : Mr. L.D.S. Priyantha +Passara Zone +Name : Mr. M. Siripala +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Rathnapura +Name : Mr. K.L.Hemarathne +Name : Mr. Dumindu Maithree +Ratnapura Zone +Name : Mrs. H.W.N.K. Ekanayake +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Sri Jayawardhanapura +Name : Mrs. R.P.P. Abeykoon  +Sri Jayawardhanapura Zone +Name : Mr. N. Vijendran +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Trincomalee +Name : Mrs. G. Partheepan +Trincomalee Zone +Name : Mr. N.P.A.A. Piyasoma +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Udugama +Udugama Zone +Name : Mrs. S. Rathnayake +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Maho +Name : Mrs. W.M. Soma Wijekoon +Maho Zone +Name : Mr.K.G.N.M.P.B.Nawarathna +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Teldeniya +Name : Mrs. I.N.Wejewardana +Teldeniya Zone +Name : Mr. H.B. Wijerathne +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Thambuththegama +Name : Mr. W.P.S. Wijesinghe +Thambuththegama Zone +Name : Mr.S. Chandrarajah +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Maruthanarmadam, Chunnakam +Name : Mrs.P. Kuganeswary +Valikamam Zone +Name : Mr. D.M.S.Karunarathna +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Walapone +Name : Mrs.M.P.M.Desanayaka +Walapone Zone +Name :Mr.Y.M.Rathnayake +Official Address:Zonal Education Office,Nikaweratiya +Name :Mr.N.K.B.A.G.Narasinghe +Nikaweratiya Zone +Name : Mr. M.S.A. Jaleel +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Sammanthurai +Name : Mr. A.M.F. Rafeek +Samanthurai Zone +Name: Hon. Shan Wijayalal de Silva +Designation: Hon. Chief Minister of Southern Province +Official Address: Chief Minister's office, Upper Dickson Road, Galle +Name: Hon. Chandima Rasaputhra +Designation: Hon. Education Minister of Southern Province +Official Address: Education Ministry of Southern Province, Dakshinapaya, Labudoova. +Name: Mr. Y.Wikramasiri +Name: Mr. Jayathissa Block +Designation: Provincial Director of Education (s.v) +Official Address: Department of Education Southern Province,Upper Dickson Road, Galle. +Name: Mrs. S.Y. Pathiranawasam +Designation: Additional Provincial Director of Education (Development) +Name: Mr.K.A. Susil Premanath +Designation: Additional Provincial Director of Education (control) +Name: Mr. M.G. Nihal +Southern Province +Name : Mr. R. Sugirtharajan +Official Address: Zonal Education Office,Thirukkovil +Name : Mr. M.K. Kentharamoorthy +Thirukkovil Zone +Name : Chamara Sampath Dasanayake +Designation : Hon. Minister of Provincial Education +Official Address: Chief Minister's Office, Uva Provincial Council,Raja Veediya, Badulla +Name : Mrs. G.A.M.S.P. Ambanwela +Official Address: Ministry of Education, Uva Provincial Council, Badulla +Name : Mr. R.M.P. Rathnayake +Designation : Provincial Director of Education +Official Address: Provincial Department of Education, Welagedara Road, Badulla +Name : Mr. R.M. Thilakarathne +Official Address: Provincial Department of Education, Welagedara Rd., Badulla +Uva Province +Name : Direct +Designation : Extension +Name : Mr. N.A. Handunpathirana +Designation : Assistant Director of Education +Name : Mr. Waruna Alahakone +Name : Mrs. U.A. Samarakone +Name : Mr. U.K. Mahipala +Name : Branch +Name list of staff +Name : Mr. S.S. Rathnayake +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Akuressa +Name : Mr.K.Ajith Thushara +Akuressa Zone +Name : Mrs. S.P. Chandrawathie +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Ambalangoda +Name :Mr.B.P.Thisara  +Ambalangoda Zone +Name : Mr. N. Nanthakumar +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Vadamaradchi, Point Pedro +Name : Mr. R. Chandradas +Designation : Accountant +Vadamaradchi Zone +Name : Mr.S. Chandrarajah +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Maruthanarmadam, Chunnakam +Name : Mrs.P. Kuganeswary +Valikamam Zone +Name : Mrs. P. Ganeshalingam +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Vavuniya North, Puliyankulam +Name : Mr. M.P.V.N. Bandara +Vavuniya North Zone +Name : Mrs.S.Anton Somarajah +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Vavuniya South, Vavuniya +Name : Ms. R. Anantharani +Vavuniya South Zone +Name : Mr. R.W. Gamage +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Walasmulla +Name: Mrs. H.K.N.Nadeeshani +Walasmulla Zone +Name : Mr.M.W.Wejerathna +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Wattegama +Name : Mrs.I.D.Karunarahna +Designation : Accountant +Wattegama Zone +Name : Mr. I.M. Gunasekara +Designation : Zonal Director of Education +Official Address: Zonal Education Office, Welimada +Name : Mr. D.M.N.P. Dissanayake +Designation : Accountant +Official Address: +Telephone Number: +Fax: +e-mail:   +Welimada Zone +Aesthetic Education Branch +Director of Education +Aesthetic Education Branch (1st Floor) +Vision +To: Hon. Minister of Mass Media and Information +We, the Chairman and the Members of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation present herewith the Annual Report for the year 2012, in accordance with Section 14 (1) of the Finance Act No. 38 of 1971, along with the financial reports. +On behalf of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Chairman, +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, +Independence Square, +Colombo 07. +Vision +To be the flagship broadcaster of all Sri Lankans. +Mission +Achieve excellence in creative content and dissemination of timely and valued, educational, entertaining and informative programmes through dedicated team work and state-of-the-art technology to exceed the expectation of Sri Lankans everywhere. +Aims +* To produce informative, educational and entertaining programmes while maintaining the highest standards and creativity +* To attract maximum number of viewers through excellent transmission +* To achieve financial stability and growth to run as a commercially viable autonomous state enterprise +* To protect the national identity of Sri Lankans the world over +Contents +Message from the Chairman +Board of Directors +Senior Management +Directors +Award Winning Achievements +Programmes Division +News and Current Affairs Division +Production Services Division +Engineering Division +Marketing Division +Administration Division +Airtime Analysis +Finance Division +Statement of Directors’ Responsibility +Financial Report +Audit Report +Message from the Chairman +For over three decades we have been fulfilling our national obligation while remaining at the forefront of mass communication on behalf of all Sri Lankans. +The challenges that lie ahead grow ever more complex than those we have left behind. +Over two dozen competitors have entered the market where we enjoyed near monopoly thirty years ago. +While many private channels resort to extreme commercialism in the midst of intense competition we continue to honour our national responsibility and cater to audiences without compromising good taste and higher standards. +Keeping pace with rapid technological advances in the field is an imperative. +There is a need of considerable spending in order to do so. +We have been successful in absorbing the very high cost involved in this process +The long list of local as well as international awards and accolades we have won this year is ample proof for the recognition and appreciation of the national duty which we have fulfilled creatively. +Our list of awards is a clear evident of that. +Overcoming challenges in the market, we have surpassed our projected targets of income, signifying yet another major achievement. +The introduction of dubbed versions of high-quality foreign teledrama series such as “Oshin” and “Sujatha Diyani” proved to be a tremendous success in winning massive audiences as well as securing record-breaking income figures for the airtime belt of 6.30 p.m., which previously had no market value. +Accomplishing all this while eradicating wasteful practices and financial irregularities was yet another remarkable achievement. +With the purchase of essential engineering and studio equipment we have also saved a huge sum of money which could have otherwise been spent for outsourcing. +The need for a formal plan to maintain optimum functioning as well as to overcome future challenges has been recognized. Accordingly, we have been able to formulate a Corporate Plan for the time period 2013 – 2017 and commence operations with a view to achieve annual targets. +It was undoubtedly the ample support and commitment by our entire staff including Managers that have made all this possible. +In appreciation, it was a great pleasure to felicitate with gold those staff members who have completed 30 years of dedicated service. +We also remember with gratitude the blessings of His Excellency the President, the Hon. Minister of Mass Media and Information, Secretary to the Ministry and the support of our Board of Directors. +Needless to say that the real strength behind has been our viewers who embraced the national television network throughout these decades. +It is with all your support that we continue to strive towards fulfilling your needs while maintaining high standards and developing quality programmes as well as uplifting good taste, ultimately to reach heights of excellence in the field of television broadcasting in Sri Lanka. +Chairman +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Board of Directors +Chairman +Board Member +Board Member +Board Member +(Only for January month) +Board Member +Board Member +Board Member +Board meetings were held eight times during the year 2012. +Chairman +Chief Executive Officer +Deputy Director General (Finance Manager) +Deputy Director General (Engineering) +Deputy Director General (Production Services) +Deputy Director General (Programmes) +Director (News) +Director (Administration) +Acting Director (Marketing) +Directors of the Corporation in 2012 +Administration Division +Director (Research & Training) +Chief Internal Auditor +Director (Security Services) +Up to 16.09.2012 +Programme Division +Director (Film and Dubbing) +Director (Drama) +Director (Educational Programme) +Up to 22.08.2012 +Director (General Programme) +Engineering Division +Director (Engineering) +Production Services Division +Director (Production Services) +Director (Production Services) +Finance Division +Director (Supplies) +Programmes that won Local Accolades during 2012 +Programme +Award +Recipient of the Award +Sumathi Tele Awards +Binari Teledrama +Best Lyrics +Binari Teledrama +Best Singer +Soiliyas +Best Documentary Programme +Jathika Pasala A/Level Drama & Theatre +Best Educational Programme +Cobe Sarisara +Best Sports Programme of the Year +The Best News Reporting +Special Jury Award +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation News Division +Sitha Nivana Katha- Poya Teledram +Special Jury Award +Raigam Teles Awards +Binari Teledrama +Best Apparel Design +Apuru Iskole Mahatthaya +Best Documentary Programme +Best Sports Programmes of the Year +Best Tamil News Reader +“Rise & Shine” Programme +Best Female Presenter of the Year +Siyambalanduwe Athage Nikama Yama +Best Current Affairs Programme +Duli Pintharu Teledrama +Best Lighting of the year +Tomiyai Kitiyai Animated Programme +Best Children Programme +SIGNIS Tele Awards +Best 3D Animation +Ath Kanda Lihiniya-Teledrama (2011) +Best Trailer +Yasa Isuru Teledrama 1 +Best Singer +Best Lyrics +Best Music Composer +Soliyas +The Popular Documentary programme of the Year +Bunka Awards +In recognition of the artistic talents contributed through the electronic media +The Best Artist of the Year +State Tele Awards +Sakvittho Teledrama +Best Make Up Artist +Merit Award for Acting +Yasa Isuru Teledrama +Best Singer +Best Music Director +Best Actress +Soiliyas +Best Documentary Programme +Pulathisi Diyaniya +Merit Award +Nadunana Minisun - 2011 +Best Documentary Programme +Mal Gudi Day +The Best Dubbing Programme +Ranga Bhumi +Best Set Designing +Pudumaippen +Best Teledrama +Manvasenai +Best Educational & Cultural Programme +Sama Geetha – (Peace Songs) +Best Music Programme +Film City +Best Presenter +(Film City – Interview with National Short Film Producers) +SAARC International Film Festival +Apuru Iskole Mahattaya +Special Jury Award for Documentary Programme +Nominated Programmes at Awards Ceremonies +ABU Awards Festival +Manushya Single Episode Teledrama +For Jury Award nominated for the final round +Raigam Tele Awards +Duli Pintaru Teledrama +Merit award for Creative directing +Binari Teledrama +Best Supporting Actor - Nominee +Best Supporting Actress - Nominee +Best Programme Presenter of the Year +Thrikonamitiya Programme – GCE/OL +Best Educational programme +Delft Dupathe Sancharaya +Best Documentary Programme +Soyamu Pilithuru +Best Quiz Programme of the Year +State Tele Awards +The film ‘Bashu’ +Nominated as a Best Dubbed Programme +Sakvittho Teledrama +Best Supporting Actor +Best Editing +“Yasa Isuru” Teledrama +Nominated for Best Actor +Eberthu Etha Teledrama +Best Teledrama +“Eberthu Etha ” (Jathika Rupavahiniya) +Best Teledrama Director +Best Actor +Best Singer +Sumathi Tele Awards +Story of Cricket Sri Lanka +Best Sport Programme +Amla Bashma & Lavana +Best Education Programme +Binari Teledrama +Best Upcoming Actor - Nominee +Best Upcoming Actress - Nominee +Ranga Boomi +Best Documentary Programme - Nominee +Programmes Division +Drama Division +Focusing attention on capturing a large number of viewers, this unit produced many entertainment and single episode Teledramas on varied themes and whilst producing these Teledramas the unit maintained high standards from the inception of Teledrama production and this is considered as a great achievement. +It is important to note that the Teledramas produced during this year won many accolades and were able to capture the intended target audience. +In times when viewers were inclined to raise questions about the quality of the present day’s Mega Teledramas, this unit was able to introduce a novel concept to Mega Teledramas with the production of “Isiwara Ranakeli” which is a long running Teledrama, whichIn turn, this captured the attention of a vast number of viewers and proved to be a turning point in the Mega Teledrama culture. +Special projects carried out in 2012 +Dooli Pintharu Teledrama +From 18.09.2011 to 27.05.2012. +Siriduwa Wedida single episode Teledrama +2012 +To commemorate Sinhala and Tamil New Year +Manushya single episode Teledrama +2012 +To commemorate Vesak. +Salmal Landa Teledrama +Ransirimal Teledrama +Boralu Para Teledrama +Vijjakaraya single episode Teledrama +2012.10.01 +To commemorate the World Children’s and Elder’s Day. +Yali Pibidee Single Episode Teledrama +2012 +To commemorate Christmas +Batahira Ahasa (Adaraneeya Yavvanaya) live +On every Tuesday +Angili Salakuna +Telecast at 11.30 pm on Thursday from July up to October 2012 +Sunday Ayubowan +On the first Sunday of every month. +Ranga Bhoomi +On the second and fourth Sundays of every month (till September 2012) +Educational and Documentary programme +Poson Poya Day live telecast +From Thanthirimale +Esala Poya Day live telecast +From Somawathiya +Salalihini Rupa Kavya +To commemorate Rupavahini’s 30th Anniversary +Saddharma Makaranda programme +Daily from 1st September 2012 to 31st December 2012 +Thunthara Bodhiya relegious programme +Every Poya Day from month of October 2012 +Rupavahini State Award Ceremony and Sumathi Tele-Awards Ceremony +Jana Niyamuwano programme +to comomorate 12th Anniversary of Dharmasiri Senanayake +Daha Ata Sanniya Shanthi Karmaya +To mark Broadcasting Co-operations’s 87th Anniversary +Music Unit +Programs produced and telecasted by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Music Unit in 2012 +Music Programs +Produced other Programmes +Kunkuma Pottu (Popular Tamil Chart Show) +Sisindra Show, +Vesak for Children +Prathibha Prabha +Ridee Tharaka (Popular Sinhala Chart Show) +Wednesday Nugasevana +Rhythm Chat ( Entertaining Music Programme) +Gee Sara +Pasku Gee +Anula Gee Sara +Paramitha (live telecast) +Bunka Awards +Miyasi Visaka +Gusi Peace award +Sanda Diya Dothak (a conversational programme with musicians) +Janapathi Seth Pirith +Christmas Songs +Avurudu Udanaya +Sanda Ranga Madala +Saman Devalaye Perahera (live telecast) +Poya Day Live Telecast +Rajathasara Programme +Sports Unit +"Kreeda Visithuru” Programme (national & international sports events) was telecasted every week and the Dialog Kit Sports programme as a co-production with T1 Organization was telecasted every Tuesday. +The World Sports Programme (featuring international events conducted in English) was telecasted weekly on Channel Eye. +Live programs telecast in 2012 +London Olympic 2012 was telecasted as a live and special event for 17 days. +Coca-Cola cricket pathway game events - 3rd stage - here 06 programmes were telecasted. +New Year in Japan - New Year Celebration of the Sri Lankan people living in Japan. +The Air Force Cycle Race(Guwavn Hamuda Papedi Savariya) - (live telecast for three days). +Bradby Shield Rugby Encounter (first stage - Colombo, second stage - Kandy). +Mahaweli Games (beginning and the end of the program was live telecasted, in other days special events were telecasted). +15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship (live telecast for 03 days) - from Sugathadaasa Stadium. +Celvary Super Cross Motor Competition (live telecast from Ibbagamuwa for 06 hours). +Rotherham Circuit Meet, Motor Competitions - live telecast from Katukurunda for 07 hours. +Program Administration Unit +The main responsibility of this unit is to review cost estimates pertaining to the programs of all Divisions and Units of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, and to provide administrative services required from issuing of file numbers for each production in order to co-ordinate all other services until the production process of a program is completed. +The Program Administration Unit has opened 2005 program record files for the year 2012. +Various Programs Division +Educational Programs Division +News and Current Affairs Division +Marketing Division +NTV Unit +Channel Eye +Total +Special Unit +Programmes produced by this unit during the year 2012: +Panampattu Talaimannar – Kachchatheevu +The awakening of the lives of the people in Northern & Eastern areas after defeating terrorism, the awakening of tourism and about the places of worship that were isolated for almost 30 years. +Yodha Wawa +This programme highlighted the project of Yodha Wewa in the Northern and Eastern areas with Post-war progress have allowed paddy cultivation to resume successfully. +Vasthra +This is the story of the contributions that the Government provided to sustain the country’s local textile industry and the workers’ efforts in every valuable task. +Wana Vaduna Wanaman +This programme depicts the attempts by the aboriginal people to sustain their traditional life style once again and the way they have got used to the modern society and the country’s war. +Rambakenna Oya Project +This is a set of steps taken by the Government to mobilize local and foreign institutions without acquiring foreign aids to uplift the life style of Daduru Oya people who were suffering due to illiteracy and poverty. +Unu Kirigal Kanden Rukul Pojjata +This is a small section from the autobiography of the world’s oldest aboriginal man, Henanigala, the chief of Vaddahs. +Waw Pokuna +The strategies adopted by the Government to develop the life styles of village communities and the tanks as well as the change of the rural artistic affairs. +Kachchatheevu +A documentary programme on Kachchatheevu Island produced to depict the extensive freedom for travelling within the territory of Sri Lanka, after regaining unity. +Youth Programmes and Performing Arts Unit +This unit carries out their duties under the supervision of Deputy Director General (Programmes) and Director (General Programmes) and the Programmes produced and telecast by the Unit during the year 2012. +‘Thala’ – Channa Upuli Dancing Concert live telecast - Lotus Theatre +Kapilawasthu Tooth Relic take in procession live telecast - Katunayake +Agrabodhi Temple Kanthale (Kapilawasthu Tooth Relic taking in procession live telecast) +Cremation of Ven Wevaldeniya Medhalnkara Thero of Sri Lanka Ramanya nikaya, live telecast - Meerigama +Kapilawasthu Tooth Relic take in procession live telecast - Tissa Maharamaya +Handa Maama Golden Jubilee programme live telecast - Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation +Buddhist News – Poya Day – telecasting islandwide Buddhist news +Alakamandawa – this is a programme, which reveals autobiographies of artists, who have contributed immensely to the field of art +Sunday Ayubowan. +Eye Tune - English songs telecast through Channel Eye and NTV Channel +Sitha Nivana Katha, Single episode Tele Drama – telecast every Poya Day. +Batahira Ahasa programeme – Live Magazine Programme +Suhani Rath - Presented with an introductory for Hindi Songs fans. +Vasuliya – magazine programme aimed at youth. +Nugasevana - Mondays - Thursdays +Program Presentation Unit +This unit ensures that the daily transmission of all programs on the National Channel, Nethra, Channel Eye and NTV channels run smoothly and provides a balanced line up of programs to viewers. +It is this unit’s responsibility to compare the program line ups scheduled with those of the other television stations and present the programs in an appropriate manner and also enter the programs to the line-up that are suitable for family viewing. +Educational Programs Division +Education Services Unit +The Education Services Unit has the task of producing formal and non- formal educational programs that are helped to improve the knowledge of the children of the nation. +“Rupavahini Jathika Pasala” commenced in 2011 and was telecast continuously throughout 2012, is a formal educational program produced by the unit and was dedicated to students sitting for G.C.E. (A/L). +It has currently produced 500 programmes by covering 18 subjects. +Formal educational programs for G.C.E. (O/L) students were also telecast continuously under the theme of “Jathika Pasala”. +A series of workshops on “Rupavahini Jathika Pasala – G.C.E. (O/L)” have been conducted to coincide with the ‘Dayata Kirula 2013’ which was held in the Ampara District. +04 schools were selected from difficult areas of the district and a series of workshops was conducted for which more than 3000 students participated. +“Nena Mihira” program which is an educational support program for students sitting the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination became popular amongst the students. +The main reason for the popularity of the ‘Nana Mihira paper sets’ was that airing the Nana Mihira programme coincide with the Gr 5 scholarship. +Twenty workshops were conducted for the students who sat for the Grade 5 scholarship in 2012 all over the island with an overall participation of 25,000 students. +The child who came 1st in the island from the Grade 5 scholarships 2012 had also watched the "Nena Mihira" programme series continuously and the specialty was that she also participated at the workshop held at Kandy. +The programme ‘Ranga Bhoomy’ aiming the students who follow Drama and Aesthetic education was telecast throughout the year 2012 on Sundays. +A quiz program titled “Dhamma Gaveshi” aiming to enhance the Dhamma knowledge of students attending Dhamma schools around the island ended in December. +The Team representing Badulla District won the 1st Place at the competition consisting of 23 programmes. +The programme ‘U & I’ commenced with the intention of promoting the English language was popular programme among the viewers. +A significant programme called ‘Rividina Arunella’ was produced with the national objective of motivating the community to the field of agriculture and was launched as a Web Cast. +Live telecast of this was commenced from December within Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation's new premises. +Another specialty of this programme was the Agriculturist, Mr Udaya Silva, interacting with the viewers’ questions via the phone during the live telecasts. +The Children Unit +In the year 2012 The Children Unit telecast its programmes under themes of ‘Siyapathvila’ and ‘Minipahan Weta’. +This program was produced by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation in collaboration with ABU, Malaysia, under the Children’s Drama Promotion Project for the 4th consecutive year and the program “Supipi Piyum” which was produced by Mr. Suranimala Jinendrasinghe was telecast over on NHK Channel, in Japan on August 2012. +Documentary Unit +The key function of this unit is producing documentary programmes +However, other related programmes are also produced. +Out of these programmes, the unit mainly focuses on, live telecasts; quiz programs, health programs, and formal and informal educational programs. +A weekly time slot has already been maintained titled ‘Dhara’ to televise Documentary Programmes at 7.30 p.m. on Sundays. +Many documentary programs were produced and telecast under the various topics on Nature, Personalities, History, Archaeology and Human Life. +All the producers in the unit made their contribution by producing programs for the time belt. +The high quality popular programs made by the producers of the Documentary Unit won the Best Awards for the Documentary Programmes category at Sumathi, Raigam and State Awards Ceremonies. +It was a great achievement that all the nominations for the documentary programs were from the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Documentary Unit at the Award Ceremonies. +Our target was to set the above record in the year 2011 and we were able to fulfill our determination in the year 2012. +The aim of this Unit is to winning all nominations in the documentary category in all future Award Ceremonies too. +The quiz program titled “Suwa Nena” was produced in collaboration with Ministry of Education coinciding with the “World AIDS Day”. +The telecast of the series of program continued until the year 2012. +Apart from the production of these programs, religious programs were also produced by the Documentary Unit +The production and supervision of religious programs was assigned to General Programmes Division from June 2012. +However, the Christian and Catholic religious programs, Supuwatha and the magazine programme Sudasuna, were produced under supervision of Documentary Unit along with the live telecast of Easter & Christmas Divine Service. +The program project carried out on behalf of the Exhibition Dayata Kirula 2012 held at Oya Maduwa, Anuradhapura was also conducted under the supervision of Educational Programmes Division but the main responsibility of the project had to be taken over by the Documentary Unit. +As part of this exhibition, a new programme titled ‘Dayata Kirula Gee Taruwa’ was commenced in order to show case the hidden signing talents of children in the area. +Through this, five talented children were selected as finalists and graded as “A” Grade singers of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. +The Documentary Unit is responsible of producing the “Sunday Ayubowan” program televised on every third Sunday of the month. +This program televised under the theme “Sathara Diganthe” is produced at external locations focusing on the tourism industry. +The ETV Unit project under the theme of “Jathika Pasala” was assisted by the producers of Documentary Unit. +A magazine titled Salalihini Watha, released on 21.03.2012 in order to mark the 30th anniversary of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and that was a special contribution by the Documentary Unit. +It indicates the articles of the history of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation almost 30 years, present states and the future vision. +Introducing New Programs +The magazine programmes which were off air for quite some time, re-commenced under the theme of “Aruma Puduma Roda Hathara”. +This program was among the Top 20 programs of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation since the first telecast and was maintained until the end of year. +With the intention to elevate health programs, a magazine program was commenced under the theme of “Ayubowewa”. +For the first time in history, a Live “Pirith Chanting” was telecast at the Sacred Sri Pada. +The Corporation generated additional income by entering into sponsorship agreements with various institutions to produce such programs. +These were produced and telecast in 2012 and continuing in 2013. +‘Sarisara’ –The Beach Traveler is a popular documentary programme series produced by us. +Books were introduced to the public through the programs ‘Dharana’, ‘Dina Asiriya’ and ‘Sagna Puwath’. +News and Current Affairs Division +News Division +The News and Current Affairs Division makes a great contribution continually to produce daily news, disseminating accurate information to the viewers. +News is daily telecast in Sinhala, English and Tamil from 7.55 a.m. to 10.10 p.m. +Sinhala +7.55 a.m. to 5.55 p.m. – Hourly News (local and international) +Main news telecasts +12.30 p.m. to 1.00 p.m. - Rupavahini Diva Puwath +08.00 p.m. to 08.30 p.m – Main Sinhala News +Tamil +8.25 a.m. to 5.25 p.m. – Hourly News +1.30 p.m. to 1.45 p.m. - Diva Puwath +7.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. - Main Tamil News +In year 2012 Provincial Council Election was held in East, North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. +The News Division was able to give a comprehensive coverage of the respective districts from the pre publicity to issuing of final results. +With the fullest support from the IT Unit, the News Division was able to telecast the election results successfully. +The media coverage of the London Olympics from the 24th of June to the 15th of August 2012 was carried out with great responsibility. +The News Division was able to air a special coverage of London Olympics through an hourly and main news telecast. +The News Division played a significant role by telecasting live coverage of Dayata Kirula, Vesak and Poson festival. +The News Division rendered a great service for the country’s betterment by allocating more time to televise the progress of development activities taking place around the country and disseminate the information to the public. +The main News telecast in Sinahala, English and Tamil 3 ½ hours per day totaling to 105 hours per month, Sinhala hourly news 01 hour per day totaling to 30 per month , +Similarly, time has been allocated in the primary and secondary channels for Tamil news. +Breaking news was telecast in three languages, Sinhala, English and Tamil. +Moreover, Sivudesa Foreign News commentary was telecast daily from 6.00 a.m. to 6.25 a.m. +The Graphic Unit attached to the News Division played a substantial role to telecast the news. +The themes required for news, including all the graphic dealings, are performed by the Graphic Unit. +Apart from that, the Graphic Unit supports the functions that belong to the Current Affairs Unit and create the graphics for programs as well. +Moreover, the editing of the visuals gathered through internet by the F T P technique +The CG that is required for News also complies with the unit. +The network of Correspondents has also become stronger than before. +Fifty-four Correspondents were recruited in the year 2012 by way of a three-session interview. +The contribution of Correspondents was also a great influence for the production of news and more scope was provided for Correspondence at the 10.00 p.m. news and the hourly news. +Asia Vision Unit also played a vital role +Providing foreign news for hourly news telecast and main news is the main role of them as well. +This unit is responsible for the President’s coverage including local and international official tours of the President; the provision of technical assistance for the usage of the Telepromptor at the speeches given by the President in special occasions; televising the development activities taking place around the country; and the excellent progress of these development projects, telecasting News Alerts. +Current Affairs Unit +The Current Affairs Unit comes under the supervision of News and Current Affairs Division. +Current Affairs unit consists of two main sections. +They are Sinhala and Tamil sections. +In the year 2012, this unit has produced a considerable amount of programmes. +Among those, the current political programmes are considered as major programmes. +Every Monday, a time period of 02 hours has been allocated for the programmes ‘Vedikava’ and ‘Haraskada’. +In addition to this, the unit has produced quite a number of programs that were telecast on a weekly basis. +‘Friday’s Nugasevana’, ‘Saturday Ayubowan’, ‘Thirasara’, ‘Rasa Mohootha’ and ‘Ayubowewa’ are notable within the programmes. +Through these programmes an attempt was taken to provide assistance to fulfill the existing needs. +The live telecast of News Headling from 5.55a.m to 6.25a.m is also another production of this unit. +This unit was responsible for producing and telecasting the live program ‘Amadam Sisilasa’ which was telecast on every Poya Day from 9.00a.m to 10.00a.m under the leadership of the President and the Current Affairs Units also undertook the live coverage of H. E. the President’s arrival at special occasions. +The first ever military reality musical program in the world titled “Ranaviru Real Star” was supervised and produced throughout the year 2012 successfully by this unit. +In addition to the above, this unit also produced special programs on national importance, such as the National Independence Day, Victory day, collecting the New Harvest Festival (‘Aluth Sahal Mangalya’) in a timely manner. +The Tamil Unit of the News & Current Affairs Division produced and telecast ‘Naaledugalil Indru’– News paper Headlines, ‘Abhiviruththip panikal ’ - Government development drive, ‘Vidiyalai Nokki’ discussion on Government development drive, ‘Kandathum Kettaththum’ weekly magazine programme, ‘Ulagavalam’ world political programme, over channel Eye in Tamil medium. +On the weekends ‘Sadurangam’ a one hour political conference program, ‘Vilaiyaattu Manjari’ the sports programmes were also telecasted. +In addition to the above programs, special programmes which are important to the current situations and overseas tours of H.E. the President and special programs in Tamil medium were also telecasted. +This unit consists of five Producers and ten Production Assistants are working in this division. +Production Services Division +The Production Services Division takes the forefront in providing creative services required for all productions of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation both in studio and at external locations. +The Production Services Division consists of 11 units. +Camera +Recording (Sound Management) and Multi Camera +Lighting +Make - up +Graphics and Animation +Special Graphics and Animation +Set & Props +E.F.P. Equipment +Rajatha Studio +E.F.P Support +Library +This Unit is managed by the Deputy Director General (Production Services) who is also responsible for the administration and supervision of the Channel Eye, Nethra and NTV channels. +The expenses for transport and electricity was brought down directly by using the Rajatha Studio for studio program productions and live program productions up to some extent. +Steps have already been taken to transform the studio within next year. +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation was able to make considerable savings by purchasing new Jib Arm equipment, eliminating the necessity to hire from external parties. +Additionally, we were able to add a high standard visual quality for drama and musical productions as we purchased a special effect filter and a Clay box. +During the year 2012 this unit has contributed its service in more than 2165 field programmes, over 6750 studio productions and 400 outdoor broadcasting programs. +This unit comprises a staff with 30 years’ experience that could maintain quality and technically high standard of the programs and provide service on shift duty basis continuously. +From December 2010, the Multi Camera Unit commenced its field service and was able to curtail the number of staff involved at a production which helped in lowering the budget of program production during the year 2012. +Through the successful and efficient contribution of the existing small external recording vehicles, 66 recordings and +live telecasts were made during the year 2012. +Make-up Unit +Activities done by the make-up unit in 2012 +This unit undertakes necessary makeup for the artists who take part in take part in the production program of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation from 5.30a.m to 10.30p.m on a daily basis. +This unit undertakes necessary makeup for up to 75 - 100 artists who take part in programmes which also includes live programmes, from 5.30a.m to 10.30p.m on a daily basis. +The unit contributed a great deal by undertaking the makeup for the “Ranaviru Real Star” reality TV program in 2012. +The Makeup Unit contributed for “Ransirimal”, “Salmal Landa”, and ‘Nirsathvayo’ which were new Tele Dramas produced by the Drama Unit and rendered their fullest services to all other external productions of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. +Other than dramas, the Makeup Unit provided their service to the other station productions such as New Year live programs, Vesak & Poson Poya Live programs, Vesak Tele Drama and carols, Monthly Poya live programs, ‘Sitha Nivana Katha’ tele series, Dayata Kirula, Documentary programs, Educational programs, Catholic Programs, Christmas Tele Dramas and carols. +The Assistant Director and the 14 staff of Makeup Unit have provided tremendous service for the above programmes including daily Lottery programs. +Graphics and Animation Unit +The staff of the Graphics and Animation Unit rendered remarkable service by creating Graphic and Animations for ‘Ranaviru Real Star’ program and creating graphics and lettering for all educational programs and studio editing similarly. +The 3D and 2D Graphics and the creativities the staff provided for the programs have helped to up lift the quality of the programs and were able to obtain the highest ratings for the programs as same. +Set and Props Unit +The number of Projects and activities that the Set Department fulfilled in 2012 are as follows. +New Sets +Single episode Tele Dramas +Tele Drama series +Poya Live telecast +(Outstation) +Set Designers +Programme commended +Institute +New Year Greeting Cards +The Best Creation +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Ranaviru Real Star II +Dialog +Ranaviru Real Star II +Dialog +"Manushya" Single Episode Drama +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +‘Hurubuhuti’ Children’s Prog +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +The staff of the Set Department contributed their services for quiet number of programmes +2012 Provincial Election, +Dayata Kirula 2012 Anuradhapuraya, +2012 Anniversary Pirith Mandapaya, +2012 Anniversary programme, +Jana Madhya Hamuwa +30th Anniversary +Avurudu Udanaya- Monaragala (covering 09 provinces), +Avurudu Udanaya Studio 4, +Buddhabhi Vandana (Nelum Pokuna), +Sinhala News Set, +Bunka Awards, +Poson Live Telecast- Thanthirimale, +London Olympic 2012, +Sihina Hathak, +Nugasevana New Set, +Jathika Pasala, +Aruma Puduma Roda Hathara, +‘Vedikawa’ Special programme, +Kapilawasthu Tooth Relic Pradarshanaya, +International Book Exhibition, +Deepavali musical programmes, +Threethal musical programmes, +World Children’s Day Programme set, +Oshin inauguration event, +Ranaviru Real Star – Final Programme’s set, +Sunday Ayubowan 09 sets, +Batahira Ahasa (Aththidiya), +Special Christmas telecast, +Christmas Carol (Tamil) & Street Drama, +Teledrama Series +Salmal Landa long drama, +Ran Sirimal, +Vishva Gaveshi drama +Single Episode +Sitha Nivana Katha – 10, +Avururdu Teledrama – 01, +Vesak Teledrama -01, +Tamil Tele Drama – 01, +Children Teledrama - 01 +Library +The Library is considered as one of the main units of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation under the supervision of Programme Production Service. +This unit consists of 19 staff members +The specialty of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation library is the way it is maintaining the information both in print and visual media for program productions. +Special Projects +Preserving U-Matic cassettes and preparations to preserve cassettes using XD CAM technology. +The advantage of this preserving system is that the visuals copied in that format will be preserved for nearly 50 years without harming its technical qualities. +Rest of the advantages includes the ability to sore within only a very small space and protecting the cassettes from fungus and other damages. +Channel EYE +The programs telecast on Channel Eye are +“Rise & Shine - Variety program, live telecast daily +“Eye- Shuffle” – Western Music program, new songs , live telecast +“Cafe Classics” – Music program, old hits, live telecast +“Sunday Spice” – Variety program on meeting artists +“Merry Christmas” – Special Christmas music program +“Poya Discussion” – Poya Discussion program +Discussions - current affairs +Tamil Program Unit - Nethra TV +The Tamil Program Unit caters to Tamil speaking viewers of the country, focusing on Tamil Language programs. +The programs telecast on Nethra TV are in the following order; +Vanakkam Nethra - +Discussion programme, weekly live telecast +Udaya Dharisanam - +Magazine programme, weekly live telecast +Lunch Time Music - +Live music programme, weekly live telecast +Education programme - +Daily live telecast for G.C.E. (O/L & A/L) students +Saivaneedi - +Hindu religious program +Pattam poochchikal - +Children entertainment program +Pudam Puthu Kalai - +Magazine program, +Weekend, +Live telecast +M9.30 - +Music program +Jaikkalam Vanga - +Talent Show +Kodei mazlei - +Magazine music program +Natya - +Tamil Local Tele Drama +Ippadikku Sattam - +Sri Lankan Law related program +E-channeling - +Medical program +Samayal Gallery - +Cooking program +Kodei Vasandam - +Magazine program +Brindawani - +Classical music program +Film City - +Local short film making programme +Kaveetha Talent - +Talent Show, sponsored by Higher Education Ministry +Udira Pookkal - +Magazine program +Other Special Programs +New Year and Nethra Anniversary +Thai Pongal - +Special live cultural & traditional program +Thaipongal special Tele Drama +Thaipongal special musical program +Matale Theru Festival +Maha Shiva Rathri Day +Sinhala & Hindu New Year +Vesak Celebration +Poson Celebration +Nallur Annual Theru Celebration +World Children’s Day +Deepavalee Celebration +Christmas program +Muslim Programs Unit +The Muslim Programs Unit is attached to the Production Services Division. +This unit consists of an Assistant Director, 02 Producers, 01 Production assistant and a Typist Clerk. +This unit produces programs catering to Muslim viewers +This is done under religious, cultural and traditional themes enabling the Muslim community to be in touch with their religion and culture. +Engineering Division +The Engineering Division contributes directly to maintaining the Corporation’s technical standards in programme production and transmission at international standards. +This division consists of the Master Control Room, Studios, Transmission, Maintenance, Information & Communication Technology, Power and Air Conditioning and Civil Engineering units which are further divided in to sub units based on their responsibilities. +The Maintenance unit is divided into Basic Maintenance and ENG Maintenance sub units +Various Projects are also undertaken in addition to these. +Five studios and three outdoor transmission vehicles are utilized in the programme production process while 13 transmission stations established around the country are utilized in process. +They are, Pidurutalagala, Deniyaya, Sooriyakanda, Hanthana, Primrose, Kirimatiya-kanda, Namunukula, Palali, Padagala, Hingulakanda, Kokavil, Bambalapitiya and Torrington Transmission station. +The various services rendered by the units and sub-units of this Division over this year have also been given in summary from below and this Division is supervised by the Deputy Director General (Engineering). +Main Control Room +1. The MCR received 02 NLE Adobe CS 6.0 work stations for drama editing. +2. MCR old ceiling removed and new metal ceiling installed. +3. During Olympic Station 03 lobby was taken as a expanded studio to provide live coverage. +4. Digital arching of old programmes with two new XDCAM PDW 1500 machines installed in MCR. There were 50,000 hours of Rupavahini Productions & National events to be archived, and planned to purchase more XDCAM Machines to speed the process. +This Project was commenced at a cost of 4.6 million and expected to expand urgently. +Studios and Outdoor Telecasts +As in the previous years, Studio 1, Studio 2, Studio 3 and Rajatha outdoor studio were facilitated to produce variety of programmes in both live telecasts and recordings. Deputy Director Engineer (Studios and Outside Broadcasting) is responsible for the Management, Operations, Maintenance and Developments of Studios under the direction of DDG (E). +In Studios and Outside Broadcasting unit, 05 nos. of Assistant Directors (Engineering), 36 nos. of Technical Officers and 12 nos. of Studio and Outside Broadcast Assistants have been employed in 2012. +Following programmes were produced as block bookings using studio facilities. +Studio 1 - +Dawase Paththara, +Vinivida, Nugasevana, +Development Lottery Draw, +Saturday Ayubowan, +Hiru Viyana, +Business World, +Jathika Pasala, +Ranga Bhoomi, +Gee Sara, +Sandurangam, +Malima/Brinthavani, +Sunday Spice/Eye Shuffle/Café Classis, +Film City. +Studio 2 - +Lama Puwath, +Siwudesa, +Buddhist News, +Vanakkam Nethra, +Udhaya Darisanam, +Arivoli, +Asi Disi Puwath, +Dina Asiriya, +Ulaha Valem, +E-Mithuro, +Thirasara, +Namma Sunday, +Vilayattu Manjari, +Kreeda Visithuru, +M 9.30 +Studio 3 - +Rise and Shine, +Pehasaraniya, +Sunday Ayubowan, +Haraskada, +National Lottery Board Draw, +Rajathasara, +Sanda Diya Dothak, +7 Dreams, +Ira Andurupata, +Gee Muthu, +Hurubuhuti, +Pattam Poochigal, +Puththam Putu Kaalai, +Raga Maydai, +Pirai Nila, +Muthuhara, +Ridi reyak, +Rhythm Chat +In addition “Rasi Manjari”, “Nana Mihira”, “Yathirai”, “Sanda ranga Mandala”, “Daham Bima”, “Paramitha”, “Diriyata Saviyak”, “U & I English Programme” were produced as normal booking in Studios. +This jib crane system was repaired and modified by retired cameraman working in camera unit. +This has being utilized successfully and it save remarkable cash out avoiding the outsourcing of jimmy jib systems from outside suppliers. +And also, after installing this, there are 05 nos. of camera has been facilitated in Studio No. 3 for programme productions. +Outside Broadcasting +Outside Broadcasting facilities were also operated by the supervision and the direction of Deputy Director (Studio and Outside Broadcasting) under the direction of Deputy Director General (Engineering). +In 2012 also, there were lot of outside broadcasting events covered by using Outside Broadcasting 1 and Outside Broadcasting 2 and there are 66 Outside Broadcasting events have been covered +Ranaviru Real Star +Amadam Sisilasa +Sunday Ayubowan +Nawam Perahera +Sport Live Programmes +Sigiriya Super Cross, +Vijayaba Motor Race, +Air Force Motor Race, +Fox Hill Super Cross, +Gajaba Super Cross, +Katukurunda Motor Races, +Gluco Six Cricket Tournament, +Youth Games, +Rupavahini Volleball. +6. Musical Programmes +SMIB Samarusara Musical, +Mahaweli Musical Show, +Kavita, +Christmas Musical Show +7. Independence Day Live +8. Sinhala and Tamil New year live +9. Buddhabivanda vesak Programme +10. Nawagamuwa Perahera +11. Janapathi Jana Hamuwa +12. Children’s Day +13. Christmas Mid Night Mass +14. Miss Ceylinco VIP +15. Deyata Kirula +16. Election Result Telecast +17. Poya Programme +Transmission Unit +1. Completed installation, testing and commissioning of digital TV transmission project for the Northern Province on February 2012. +2. Provided live linking facilities for 120 nos. of outside broadcast events across the country. +3. This includes the providing of live linking facilities for Air Force Cycle Race 2012 from 15 locations for 03 days including the start and finish. +4. Produced a Digital Satellite news Gathering (DSNG) system for the use of satellite linking technology for outside broadcast events and the DSNG is being used for outside Broadcast events since November 2012. +Maintenance Unit 1 +Major Equipment repairs - 157 +Miscellaneous duties - 532 +OB Duties - 54 +Including major OBs with Slow-motion facilities +Air Force Race, +Independence Ceremony, +Sigiriya Super Cross, +Boyagane Motor Cross, +New Year OB Monaragala, +Foxhill Super Cross, +Asian Championship, +Bradby Shield Rugby, +Walave Super Cross, +Minneriya Super Cross, +Gajaba Super Cross, +Katukurunda Motor Cross, +Sumathi tele Awards, +National Youth Games. +Special Assignments +Exhibition Stall at Dayata Kirula +Special studio preparation for Olympic in Studio +Provided the following technical facilities for studio and outside productions; +PA System Setups +Video Projector Facilities +Scan Converter Facilities +Maintenance Unit 11 +Following operations were carried out. +Camcorders +Preventive Maintenance +Special Maintenance +Fault repairs +Portable VCRs Preventive Maintenance +Special Maintenance +Fault repairs +Camera Lenses Fault repairs +Video Monitors Fault repairs +Audio Monitors Fault repairs +Camera Power Adaptor /Chargers Fault repairs +Light Equipment Fault repairs +Specification Preparations +Tender Evaluation +Acceptance Tests +Information and Communication Technology Unit +Information and Communication Technology Unit managing Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation LAN with active & passive components including 290 computers with 90 printers with 15 servers including web server, Mail Server (with 1000 email accounts), Application Servers, Time & Attendance Server etc. +Computer hardware Maintenance, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation website (www.rupavahini.lk) development and maintenance and in-house software application development carried out by ICT staff. +Apart from that development & implementation of software for the live sport events were carried out. +Further, development and implementation of software for the telecast of Election results was carried out as a special task. +1. Upgrade the 2Mbps internet leased line to 4 Mbps. +2. Re-launch the www.rupavahini.lk web site. +3. On demand video streaming started with Tele Drama, News Sinhala & Tamil musical programme and special events with high quality video. Five different geographical locations mirror servers and +ensure the fast contest delivery to the whole world with zero down time. +4. Real time video streaming of Rupavahini channel throughout the transmission. +5. Real time video streaming of Channel Eye channel on important events. +6. Making technical arrangements in order to cater the individuals who use the mobile and other device for viewing. +7. Refurbish of ICT unit started. +8. Provided technical facilities for the Time & Attendance system running with Bio-Metric devices. +9. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation LAN fiber ring upgrade as a phrase. +10. User training on Microsoft Office 2010. +11. New FTP facility to news room with Sri Lanka Telecom shared 100GB disk space and point to point leased line from SLT to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation news room. +Power and Air Conditioning Unit +This unit carried out preventive maintenance work of following systems monthly, quarterly and annually. +Central AC Systems with related motors and power panel in ST-1 & 2 project & ST – 3 project. +AC systems in out broadcasting vehicles, OB – 1, OB -2, Head line van & slow motion bus etc. +Refrigeration equipment in staff canteen, +In addition to that attend 197 numbers of break downs of AC units and related equipment. +Lay down new drain lines for each split AC units around the buildings due to request by anti dengue campaign. +Installation of AC units for the following units. +Book Library, +Room, +Education Unit, +Music Unit, +News section, +Marketing Division, +UPS room in Deniyaya Tx.Station, +Drivers room in Kokavil Tx. Station, +2D & 3D Animation studio +Main Control room +Civil Engineering Unit +Rebuilt the toilet of Engineering Division. +Repaired the drains of Studio complex. +Supplied furniture to the Maintenance Unit . +Renovated the Main Control Room. +Renovated the 2D & 3D Animation Studio +Supplied Furniture to 2D & 3D Animation Studio. +Supplied furniture to Music Unit. +Fixed the ceiling of Make-up Unit. +Renovated IT Unit +Repaired inner roads of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation premises +Marketing Division +The Marketing Division operates under the purview of Deputy Director General (Marketing) and in order to carry out its functions efficiently, the Marketing Division is divided into following main units: +Administration unit +Marketing unit +Scheduling unit +Marketing Promotion unit +Recovery unit +Publicity and Media unit +Commercial Production unit +The following special programs were instrumental in the increase in earnings in 2012 +Sinhala & Hindu New Year programs +Vesak /Poson Celebrations +Women’s Day program +Oshin +Sujatha Diyaniya +Children’s Day +The Ranaviru Real Star reality TV program +Motor Racing Events +The unit was able to generate additional income as indicated below by organizing and telecasting promotional programs for clients and also from various sponsorships. +Sinhala & Hindu New Year Programme +This year too, the print media was used to promote all channels and also to give publicity to various programs being telecast, through the Publicity and Media Unit. +The companies engaged for this purpose on contract basis are, +Lake House +Upali Newspapers +Sumathi Newspapers +Rivira Media (Pvt) Ltd. +Aiming at increasing the viewership, advertisements were published through these organizations according to a proper plan, throughout the year in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages. +The Scheduling Unit supports the Marketing Division to fulfil their income targets by proper scheduling and telecasting of advertisements obtained from clients through healthy relationships. +The Scheduling Unit has scheduled 389,879 commercials during 2012. +The Marketing Programs Production Unit continued to produce the popular Lotteries Program, “Hiru Wiyana”, and other promotional programs for its clients while producing trailers and commercial tagging in order to give publicity for programs. +Further, the Marketing Production Unit was responsible for producing national events and musical programs on client base. The number of Lottery Draw programs produced daily by the unit was 1404 annually. +In the year 2012, the Sinhala & Hindu New Year event was held covering (09 provinces) the entire island and it included cycling, Avurudu Kumari contest and Elle as well. +The final event was held under the theme ‘Sirilaka Piri Avurudu Siri Rupavahini Avurudu Udanaya 2012’ in Monaragala and captured the highest viewership in comparison with the events organized by the other channels during the April season. +This was recorded in the television history as the first ever program that covered all 09 provinces of the island. +Administration Division +All the administrative functions of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation were carried out by the Administration Division under the guidance and direction of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman, +The Division was headed by the Director (Administration). +Administration Unit +Public Relations Unit +Reception Unit +Record Room +Transport Unit +Security Unit +Research and Training Unit +Legal Administration Unit +Internal Audit Unit +Category of Employees +No of Employees +Permanent Staff +Employees work on Contract Basis +Employees work on Assignment Basis +Total employees +Approved No of Employees +The details of the employees Recruited +On permanent basis +On contract basis +Total no of Recruited +Number of employees retired +Number of employees resigned +Insurance Covers +The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation entered into an agreement with the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation to cover the Medical Insurance, Fire Insurance, and all Accidental Insurance Schemes From 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012. +Hospitalization and Surgery Insurance Covers +(Bills issued for hospitalization, spectacles and OPD consultations were paid) +Serious Illness Insurance +Accident Insurance +Fire and all other Risk Insurance +Purpose of the foreign tour +No. of Participants +Training programs +Meetings and Seminars +Official tours and Head of States event coverage +Special Projects in 2012 +A scheme to restructure the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation organization was undertaken in order to streamline the recruitment process and the promotion scheme. +Organizing of the “Sewa Prabha 2012” ceremony which was held to appreciate and felicitate the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation employees who won awards at the National and International Television Award Ceremonies. +The project of Corporate Plan for the period of year 2013 – 2017 was successfully completed and released. +Anniversary Celebrations and Events +In line with Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation’s 30th Anniversary, an Awarding Ceremony was organized for the staff members of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, who have completed a service of over 25 years +The nnnual Pirith Ceremony and the Alms Giving were organized on 14th and 15th February as part of the Anniversary Celebrations. +Employees who completed 20 years of service at the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation were presented with gold tokens in appreciation on 2nd May 2012. +Joining with the Recreation Club of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, organized the Annual New Year Festival for Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Staff. +Public Relations and Reception Unit +In order to make Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation popular, this unit has ensured providing the children who visit the Rupavahini Corporation with proper knowledge and sending letters to the Principals about the must-watch programmes for children. +The number of letters posted to schools within this year totaled to 709. +The programs organized by the Public Relations Unit include: +A medical camp with specialists (Doctors) for the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Staff in association with Colombo General Hospital and Health Ministry. +The Unit conducted an Ayurvedic medical camp for Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation staff in association with Ministry of Indigenous Medicines. +Special projects conducted to destroy dengue in association with Colombo Municipal Council. +The Unit organized a clinic to distribute spectacles among the staff free of charge. +The Unit opened Milco Rupavahini Welfare outlet. +(This project was put into action under the assistance of Chairman of Milco and intervention of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Welfare Society and his outlet was opened as another canteen where the staff could buy milk, short eats and other similar food items.) +Transport Unit +Providing transport as requested by news and program recordings, visiting locations and visiting relay centres outside Colombo and providing transport for other daily duties of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation are the main functions of this unit. +59 employees are attached to this unit which is managed by two Transport Officers. +Along with the 43 vehicles which belong to the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation fleet, another 10 more vehicles were hired to ensure uninterrupted service. +The total mileage of travel undertaken by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Transport Unit in the year 2012 was 1,579,976 km. out of which 1,178,120 km were covered by Corporation’s vehicles, and 401,856 km were covered by the hired vehicles. +When compared to the mileage of last year, this year shows a duduction of 79145 km. +80% of vehicle repairs were successfully completed within the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation garages which ensured that the repairs were done properly while saving costs. +03 employees were newly recruited for the Garage. +Security Unit +The service of the Army forces, private security as well as the security officers of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation is taken to fulfil the services. +Also this unit has the responsibility to keep the premises clean with the assistance of BMES institute. +Legal Administration Unit +Number of cases filed by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation during the year 2012 +Commercial High Court +High Court Civil Appeals +District Court +Magistrate Court +Number of cases filed against Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation during the year 2012 +Supreme Court +Commercial High Court +District Court +Labour Commissioner +The progress the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation achieved during the year 2012 +Some of the cases filed against Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation were settled in 2012. +In addition, advertisers such as Admasters, Prime Ads, Grassroot (Pvt) Ltd and Srimal advertising came to an agreement with Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation to settle the money they owed on installment basis. +Internal Audit Unit +The duties covered during the year 2012 +Number of Audit checks conducted - 12 +Number of Audit reports submitted - 10 +Number of special reports submitted to Chairman - 24 +Research and Training Unit +The Research & Training Unit perform their duties under the direct supervision of Director General and its administration handled by the Administration Unit. +At a time when there is challenging competition among the rival television stations to capture the highest possible viewership it is very important to produce quality programs in order to increase the revenue. The Research and Training Unit is responsible for providing the training required to develop the Corporation’s human resources and technological abilities. +Training programs +Training programs +No.of Programs +No. of Participants +Local – Training Programs +Local – External Training Programs +Training programs conducted in collaboration with foreign training institutions +As per the agreement between France’s CFI institute and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, it was initially scheduled to provide expertise only for 02 workshops. +Due to our special request from us, the number of workshops was increased to 03. +Accordingly a 02 week workshop for children’s programs was organized after 20 years and all the staff of children’s unit took part in it. +This is a fulfilment of the Corporation’s objective for Children’s programs in 2013. +Research +Several numbers of Special surveys were done despite the data analysis of LMRB. +In this context it is prominent that we gather the ideas from the staff members as a solution for the problems such as the strategies taken for program standardization, identifying the problems experiencing by the management as well as the staff members and planning the remedies in order to solve such problems in future. +The collected ideas had been considered for the 05 year action plan. +Another special survey was done on children programmes of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation based on World Children’s Day. +Although here was 91.5% tremendous growth of the viewership for the children programs, according to the results of the survey, it is very clear this growth depended on cartoons & dubbed programs. +It was also revealed that children did not possess any specific program of any channel in their mind as preference. +Airtime Analysis +The total airtime that the National Channel telecast in 2012 amounted to 7283.7 hours. +From this amount 6014.3 hours were used for programs while 1269.5 hours of airtime was used to telecast advertisements. +The total telecast hours over the Channel Eye was 5624.3h, of which 5276.1 hours of airtime was allocated to telecast programs over the channel. +The telecast hours of advertisements were 348.2h. +The following indicates the airtime that Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Channels were telecasted during the year 2012. +Air Time Analysis - 2012 +Categorization of Programmes - 2012 +National Channel +Channel Eye +Information Programmes +News +Political +Economic +Current Affairs +Social +Ayuvbowan +Educational Programmes +Education +Documentary +Agriculture +Quiz +IT +Magazine +Children Programmes +Children +Cartoon +Youth Programmes +Women Programmes +Nugasevana +Women +Cultural & Religious Programmes +Cultural +Religious +Entertainment Programmes +Drama +Film +Film +Music +Variety +Sports Programmes +Publicity Programmes +Other Programmes +Total +Commercial Air Time - 2012 +Sponsorships +47.3% of the National Channel’s airtime sponsorship, which amounted to 2845.5 hours, while 25% (1321.0 hours) of the Channel Eye airtime gained sponsorship in 2012. +Categorization of Programmes +National Channel +Channel Eye +Sponsored +Non-Sponsored +Total +Scheduled Programmes by Language +Language +National Channel +Channel Eye +Sinhala +Tamil +English +Other +Total +International Relations Unit +In 2012 this Unit directly provided its service to several special tasks. +The Teledrama ‘Jewell in the Palace’ produced by MBC was obtained by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation as a complimentary item under the patronage of Korean Embassy of Sri Lanka. +The Teledrama series which consisted of 54 episodes was dubbed into Sinhala under the title of ‘Sujatha Diyaniya’ and gained the highest viewership becoming most popular Teledrama. +The musical show ‘Vienna Philharmonic New Year Concert’ which was a live telecast from Vienna, Austria was obtained free of charge through the Satellite and this was recorded live and later on telecast. +Further this unit was able to obtain documentary programs from China & Korea at no cost under the patronage of relevant Embassies. +Another duty entrusted to this unit is to enter the high-standard programs made by various Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Producers or International Competitions and Award Ceremonies. +Accordingly in 2012, entries were sent in for international competitions such as Prix Jeunesse International in Germany, ABU Prize 2012 in Malaysia, World TV Awards in Thailand, U R I T Grand Prix Author’s Documentary in France, Japan Prize 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. +The international educational tours which were provided directly to the IR Unit were offered to a producer for Siyol – Korea, 02 producers for China, and 02 producers for Shanhai – China under the Chairman’s approval. +The High Commissioners and Ambassadors in diverse countries make statements for their respective countries, celebrating National and Republican Days. Those statements were recorded by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. The coordination part of this was handled by the IR Unit. +Record Room +The responsibility is to prevent pilling up documents unnecessarily in the respective Units and Divisions. +The responsibility is to provide space, tidiness and attractiveness in the Units and Divisions. +The responsibility is to provide opportunity to the staff members to carry out daily activities without any interruption as they are free from unnecessary obstacles. +The responsibility is to provide files promptly at the request of officers for purpose of administrative, legal or any other official matter. +The responsibility is to provide guidance over the disposal system by covering the office staff on obligatory instructions for a Government corporation in the Act 48 of 1973 and arranging the list of disposal documents accordingly. +The responsibility is to archive the files which are essential to the Corporation. +Finance Division +The Finance Division is organized around the functions of Revenue, Payments, Salaries, Book-Keeping and the Costing Unit. +The Supplies Unit too comes under the purview of the Finance Division. +The Division primarily carries out the functions of financial management and financial reporting of the Corporation. +Each of the units of the Finance Division discharged its duties during the year 2012 efficiently, effectively and economically to bring about the optimum returns to the Corporation. +All financial transactions that passed through these units were executed with integrity, transparency and objectivity. +Payments on all programme files were made in accordance with applicable regulations and to support programme production and broadcasting. +The division all took the initiative to follow up on all due payments of completed programmes and met the payment obligations by the respective deadlines. +Staff salaries and all other staff benefits were paid without any delay and statutory deductions were remitted to the respective institutions on or before the deadline. +Primary income generated from the sale of airtime and other peripheral incomes were recorded in conformity with applicable accounting principles and standards. +The Supplies Unit, coming under the preview of the Finance Division, procured all the necessary items (both capital and non-capital goods and services) to support the production, direction and telecast of programmes on the main channel Rupavahini, Chanel Eye/ Nethra and NTV. +Accurate and timely financial and management reports, generated in accordance with accounting principles and standards and were submitted to other divisions and the Board of Directors to take informed and responsive decisions. +Accordingly, both routine and ad-hoc (on demand) reports were compiled to meet requirements. +All major financial decisions were subjected to several reviews and the resulting conclusions formed the basis of the legal and authorized decisions made for the Corporation. +In comparison with other state sector institutions the Corporation has not relied on any long tern loans to finance its operations. Moreover, it has maintained reliance on short term loans and borrowings at minimum levels. +Given the current commercial and economic conditions, good financial management is indeed a challenging task. +However the division has been successful in directing the Corporation’s financial management so as to safeguard the financial stability and financial independence of the Corporation. +Statement of Director’s Responsibility +The Finance Act No.38 of 1971 and the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No.6 of 1982 require the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year giving a true and fair view of the state of affairs of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”). +The Directors confirm that in preparing the financial statements of the Corporation, appropriate Accounting Policies and Standards have been selected, consistently applied and supported by responsible and prudent judgments and estimates. +Having reviewed the Corporation’s future financial projections, cash flows and current performance, the Directors consider that the Corporation has adequate resources to continue operations and the Directors have thus adopted a going concern basis in preparing financial statements. +The Directors have taken the responsibility to ensure that the Corporation maintains accounting records that disclose with responsible accuracy the financial position of the Corporation as required by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 38 of 1971 and Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. +The Directors have taken responsible measures to safeguard the assets of the Corporation and to establish appropriate systems of internal controls in order to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities. +The Directors also confirm that to the best of their knowledge all taxes and levies payable by the Corporation, all contributions, levies and taxes payable on behalf of and in respect of the employees and all other known statutory obligations including retirement gratuities as were due as at the Balance Sheet date have been either duly paid or appropriately provided in the financial statements. +On behalf of the Board of Directors +Chairman +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Statement of financial position +Note +31 December 2012 +31 December 2011 +1 January 2011 +Assets +Non – Current assets +Property, plant and equipment +Intangible asset +Available for sale financial asset +(Investment) +Deferred income tax asset +Tsunami fund +Held to maturity financial assets +Current assets +Inventories +Trade receivables +Loans & receivables +Other receivables +Prepayments +Cash and cash equivalents +Equity and Liabilities +Capital and reserves +Stated capital +Accumulated profit / (loss) +Non- current liabilities +Government grant for capital items +Foreign aid +Tsunami fund payable +Defined benefit obligations +Finance leases payable non-current portion +Current liabilities +Trade payables +Other financial liabilities +Other payables +Finance leases payable current portion +Bank overdraft +Total liabilities +Total equity and liabilities +The notes on pages 6 to 41 are from an integral part of these financial statements. +The fiancé manager certifies that the financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Sri Lanka Financial Reporting Standards as laid down by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, finance act no. 38 of 1971 & Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation act of no. 06 of 1982. +Mr. Varuna Sanjaya Dharmaratna +14 March 2013 +Deputy Director General +Finance Manager +The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these financial statements. +These financial statements were authorized for issue by Board of Directors on 2nd April 2013. +Mr. Mohan Samaranayake +Chairman +Director +14 March 2013 +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Comprehensive income statement +Note +31 December 2012 +31 December 2011 +Sales +Cost of sales +Gross Profit +Other operating income +Distribution costs +Administrative expenses +Operating Profit +Finance costs +Profit before income tax +Income tax expenses +Total comprehensive income for the period +The notes on pages 6 to 41 are from an integral part of these financial statements. +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Statement of changes in equity +Retained earnings +Government Contribution +Total +Balance at 1 January 2011 +Prior year adjustments deferred tax +Changes in accounting policies – +Adjustment in debtor provision +Balance at 01 Januar0y 2011 +Balance at 01 January 2011 +Prior year adjustments deferred tax +Comprehensive income for the year +Dividend declared to government (25%) +Impairment of housing loan +Changes in accounting policies – +Adjustment in debtor provision +Balance at 31 December 2011 +Balance at 01 January 2012 +Comprehensive income for the period +Adjustment in deemed dividend 2011 +Dividend declared to government (5%) +Balance at 31 December 2012 +The notes on pages 6 to 41 are from an integral part of these financial statements. +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Statement of cash flows +31 December 2012 +31 December 2011 +01 January 2011 +Cash flows from operating activities +Cash generated from operations +Interest paid +Interest received +Defined benefits obligations paid +Taxes paid +Net cash (used in)/generated from operating activities +The notes on pages 6 to 41 are from an integral part of these financial statements. +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Notes to the financial statements +1. General Information +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) was incorporated under the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act. No. 6 of 1982. +The Corporation operates as the National Television Broadcaster in Sri Lanka with the prime objectives of providing education, entertainment & information to a multi ethnic & multi religious Sri Lankan society. +Total number of employees of the Corporation as at 31st December 2012 was 1006 +(Permanent, Contract & Casual grades). +The Financial Statements of the Corporation for the year ended 31st December 2012 were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on 2nd April 2013. +2. Basis of preparation and adoption of Sri Lanka Financial Reporting Standards (‘SLFRS’) +The Corporation prepares its financial statements in accordance with the Sri Lanka Accounting Standards (‘SLFRS’) issued by the Institute of Charted Accountants of Sri Lanka and the requirements of Sri Lanka and the requirements of Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Act No. 19 of 1995. +The institute of Charted Accountants of Sri Lanka issued a new volume of Sri Lanka Accounting Standards (‘SLFRS’) and to require enterprises to apply these standards effective for years beginning on or after 1 January 2012. +The financial statements have been prepared in compliance with SLFRS, subject to certain transition elections and exceptions disclosed in note 8. +3. Summary of significant accounting policies +The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. +These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. +3.1 Basis of preparation +The financial statements of the corporation have been prepared in accordance with Sri Lanka Financial Reporting Standards (‘SLFRS’). +No adjustments have been made for inflationary factors affecting the financial statements. +The financial statements are presented in Sri Lankan rupees rounded to the nearest thousand. +The preparation of financial statements in conformity with SLFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. +It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Corporation’s accounting policies. +The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in note 6. +Changes in new standards, amendments and interpretation issued but not effective for the financial year beginning 1 January 2012 and not early adopted. +3.2 Currencies +(a) Functional and presentation currency +Items included in the financial statements of the Corporation are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates. +The financial statements are presented in Sri Lankan Rupees, which is the Corporation’s functional currency. +(b) Transactions and balances +Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction. +Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognized in the income statement. +Foreign exchange gains and losses that relate to borrowings and cash and equivalents are presented in the statement of comprehensive income within ‘finance income or cost’. +All other foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in the statement of comprehensive income within ‘other (losses) /Gains’. +3.3 Property, plant and equipment +Land and buildings comprise transmission stations and head officers. +All the property, plant and equipment is stated at historical cost less depreciation. +Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items. +Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the corporation and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. +The carrying amount of replaced parts, are derecognized. +All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the statement of comprehensive income during the financial period in which they are incurred. +Land is not depreciated. +Depreciation on other assets is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate their cost to their residual values over their estimated useful lives, as follows: +Table - 1 – Depreciation Rates of PPE +Rates +Buildings +Computers +Furniture and Fittings +Electronic equipment +Motor Vehicles +Office equipment +Library Stock +TV Sets +Other Assets +3.4 Financial Instruments +(a) Financial Assets +3.4.1 Classification +The Corporation classifies its financial assets in the following categories: +The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial assets were acquired Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. +Loans and receivables +Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. +They are included in current assets as maturities are lower than 12 months after the end of the reporting period. +The Corporation’s loans and receivables comprise ‘trade and other receivables’ and ‘cash and cash equivalents’ in the balance sheet. +Financial Liabilities +Liabilities within the scope of IAS 39 are classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss or other liabilities, as appropriate. +A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires. +3.5 Inventories +Inventories of the corporation consist of consumable stock +(Stock held for the use of the Corporation & not for sale). +Therefore inventories are valued at their cost. +Stock valuation is done on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis. +3.6 Leases +The leases of property, plant and equipment when the Corporation has substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as finance leases. +In the past 2 years three (03) Cars & six (06) Vans were obtained on a finance lease, which effectively transfer the Corporation substantially all the risk and benefits incidental to ownership of the leased items, are capitalized and disclosed as finance lease at their cash price and depreciated over the period the Corporation is expected to benefit from the use of the leased assets. +The lease principal amount payable to the lessor (Bank of Ceylon) is shown as a non-current liability & current liability. +Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the lease liability so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the outstanding balance of the liability. +The interest payable over the period (5 years) of the lease is transferred to an interest in suspense account. +The interest element of the rental obligations pertaining to each financial year is charged to the income statement over the period of lease. +Table 2 – The Time Analysis of Lease payments +The following table shows the finance lease obligation that falls due one year & more than one year. +Less than 1 year +More than I year +Interest +Capital +Lease Creditor – Bank of Ceylon +3.7 Trade Receivables +3.7.1 Provisions – Trade receivables /Client Debtor +Trade receivables are carried at anticipated realizable value. +A provision for impairment of trade receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Corporation will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables. +Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization and default payments are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired. +The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account, and the amount of the loss is recognized in the statement of comprehensive income within distribution cost. +When a trade receivable is uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account for trade receivable. +Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written-off are against distribution cost in the income statement. +Table 3 – The Client Debtors Provision as at 31/12/2012 +Provision as at 01/01/2012 +Charge for the year 2012 +Provision as at 31/12/2012 +3.7.2 Provisions – Sundry Debtor +Table 4 – The Sundry Debtors Provision as at 31/12/2012 +Provision as at 01/01/2012 +Charges for the year 2012 +Provision as at 01/01/2012 +3.7.3 Provisions – Other Receivables +3.7.3.1 Employee Loans +Employee Loans constitute amounts granted to eligible employees under the following +Distress loan +Special loan +Transport loan +Housing loan +Other loan +The provision for bad debts for Employee Loans has been made only for the outstanding amounts with respect to employees who are no longer in service (either retired or resigned) with Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. +Table 5 – The Employee Loan provision as at 31/12/2012 +Provision as at 01/01/2012 +Charge for the year 2012 +Write – off for the year 2012 +Provision as at 31/12 2012 +3.7.3 2 Employee Advances +Employee advances constitute amounts under the following categories: +Advance for Programme Production +Advance for Employees (Miscellaneous) +Advance for Foreign Travel +Advance for Room Charges +The provision for bad debts for employee advances has been made to reflect the amounts outstanding with respect to employees who are no longer in service (either retired or resigned) with Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. +3.8 Cash and Cash Equivalents +In the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand & bank current account balance. +In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are within borrowing in current liabilities. +3.9 Trade Payables / Liabilities +Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less (or in the normal operating cycle of the business if longer). +If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. +Trade payables are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. +3.10 Current and Deferred Income Tax +The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. +Tax is recognized in the income statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. +In this case, the tax is also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively. +The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the provision of Inland Revenue Act No. 10 of 2006 & subsequent amendments. +Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulation is subject to interpretation. +It establishes provisions here appropriate on the basis of amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities. +Deferred income tax is recognized, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. +The related deferred income tax asset is realized or the deferred income tax liability is settled. +The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. +In this case, the tax is also recognized in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively. +3.11 Contingent Liabilities +Provisions are recognized when the Corporation has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. +A total of 07 cases have been filed against the Corporation. +This disclosure is made to be in compliance with SLAS 36 (Provisions, contingent liabilities & contingent assets) Contingent liabilities are disclosed in notes to the financial statements. +3.12 Retirement Benefit Liabilities +Defined benefit plans define an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of service and compensation. +The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of government bonds as no active market for high-quality corporate bonds in Sri Lanka. +Past-service costs are recognized immediately in income, unless the changes to the pension plan are conditional on the employee remaining in service for a specified period of time (the vesting period), In this case, the past-service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. +3.13 Defined Contribution Plans +All employees of the Corporation are members of the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF), to contribute 15% and 3% respectively of such employees’ basic salary or wages, cost of living and meal allowance (non executive employees). +Corporation’s contribution to the defined contribution plans are recognized as an expense in the income statement when incurrent. +3.14 Grants +3.14 – 1 Local Grants +The grants have been amortized at the rate of 20% per annum. +3.14 – 2 Foreign Grants +These equipments will give the corporation the editing to create 2D & 3D animations. +3.15 Revenue +Revenue of the Corporation is accounted for on an accrual basis and Interest income on investment is also recognized in the same basis. +Revenue is measured at the value of the consideration receivable. +The corporation recognizes revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured; when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the corporation the primary source of revenue is derived from Sale of airtime. +Other sources of income recognized in the income statement are given as a note to the income statement. +3.16 Accounting for Expenditure +Expenditure of the Corporation is accounted for on accrual basis, +Charging all expenses incurred in the day to day operations of the business and in maintaining the property, plant & equipment in a state of efficiency. +3.17 Cash Flow Statement +The Cash Flow Statement has been prepared using the indirect method. +Cash and cash equivalents consists of cash in hand and bank current account balance. +3.18 Events after the Balance Sheet Date +All material post balance sheet events have been considered and disclosed or adjusted, where applicable. +3.19 Rupavahini Social Welfare Fund-(Tsunami) +The source of these funds was from the general public, in response to various campaigns carried out by the corporation aftermath the Tsunami catastrophe, in the year 2004. The Account balance is given in the table below. +Table 6 – Social Welfare Fund Balance as at 31/12/2012 +Balance as at 01/01/2012 +Interest earned for the period +Fund Balance at the end of the year 2012 +The Social Welfare Fund is an integrated part of statement of financial position. +4. Intangible Asset +(Copyright fees paid) +Copyright fees paid to acquire telecast rights of programmes (either local or foreign) & cost of produced programmes (teledramas, motion pictures, films & etc) that meet the triple criteria of being able to identify, control & existence of future economic benefits as defined in LKAS 38 +In order to be treated as such, there are three factors that must be recognized, such as the ability to control the detection and the potential economic benefits of the future: the intangible assets should be amortized under the following policies. +Table 7 – a) the policy for amortization of acquired (or procured) programmes and in-house produced programmes. +Category +Amortization Policy +Acquired (or produced) local teledramas and films +If the number of runs are not exhausted as defined in the contract within the contract period then to recognize the balance amount capitalized as expenditure at the end of the contract. +Acquired (or produced) local programmes (other than local teledramas and films) +If the number of runs are not exhausted as defined in the contract within the contract period then to recognize the remaining capitalized amount as expenditure at the end of the contract.. +Acquired (or produced) foreign films/Soap operas +If the number of runs are not exhausted as defined in the contract within the contract period then to recognize the balance capitalized as expenditure at the end of the contract. +Acquired (or produced) foreign programmes (other than foreign films /Soap operas) +If the number of runs are not exhausted as defined in the contract within the contract period then to recognize the remaining capitalized amount as expenditure at the end of the contract +Teledramas produced in house to obtain 50% of the expenditure from the first run and to mortise the balance 50% in 10 years. +Teledramas produced in house to obtain 50% of the expenditure from the first run and to mortise the balance 50% in 10 years. +Acquired (or produced) foreign film and Soap Operas are to obtain 50% of the expenditure from the first and to mortise the balance 50% for 10 years is an equal amount. +Acquired (or produced) foreign film and Soap Operas are to obtain 50% of the expenditure from the first and to mortise the balance 50% for 10 years is an equal amount. +Table 7 – b) Copyright Fee +Purchase of Tele drama +Procurement of Foreign Programme +In-house Produced Tele drama +Local Programme not-telecast +WIP Local Programme +In-house Production Others +Balance as at 01/01/2010 +Balance as at 01/01/2011 +Addition +Balance as at 01/01/2012 +Investment Income +Tables 8 – Amounts of Investment Income in the year 2012 +Type of Investment +Amount +Treasury Bill (Bank of Ceylon) +Fixed Deposits (Bank of Ceylon) +SMIB Fixed Deposit (State Mortgage & Investment Bank) +State Super trust Fund +Special Housing Loan Scheme (State Mortgage & Investment Bank) +Savings Account (Bank of Ceylon) +Total Investment Income +9. Related party disclosures +The Corporation carries out transactions in the ordinary course of its business with parties who are defined as related parties in Sri Lanka Accounting Standard 24 “Related Party disclosures”, the details of which are reported below. +No +Name +Designation +Nature of the related party transaction +Address +Chairman +No related party transaction +No. 75/852, Susithapura, +Malabe. +Board Member +Asst.Director Ministry of Education +52, Ariyadasa Peiris Mw, +Nugegoda +Board Member +Senior Lecturer +37, 1st Lane, +Aruppola, +Kandy. +Board Member +Director General +(Ministry of Finance & Planning) +No related party transaction +34/1, Praja Road, +Madiwela, +Kotte. +Board Member +Chairman +Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation +No related party transaction +No.255/B11,Torrington Garden, +Torrington Avenue, +Colombo 07 +Board Member +Chairman +National Film Corporation +No. 30, School Avenue, +Kalubowila. +Chief Executive Officer +No related party transaction +“Wanamalee”, +Old Road, +Barawakumbuka. +Deputy Director General +(Engineering) +No related party transaction +24, Sri Sumangala Road, +Ratmalana +Deputy Director General +(Finance Manager) +No related party transaction +No. 200/5, Sri Rahula Mawatha, +Katubedda, +Moratuwa. +Deputy Director General +(Production Service) +No related party transaction +295/1A, Mahawatta Road, +Kottikawatta. +Deputy Director General +(Programme) +No related party transaction +71E,Ihalagama, +Gampaha +Director +(Administration) +No related party transaction +125,Mahawatta, +Wewalduwa, +Kalaniya. +Director +(News & Current Affairs) +55, Meegahawatta, +Delgoda. +Acting Director +(Marketing Manager) +No related party transaction +No.534,Bevilgamuwa, +Pothuhara. +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Notes to the financial statements +Rs.’000 +31 December 2012 +31 December 2011 +01. Revenue +Sale of TV time – channel 1 +Sale of TV time – channel Eye +Sale of TV time – contra deal +N.B.T on sale of TV time +Total Revenue +02. Other operating income +Production income +Investment income (Please refer table 8) +Transfer fees +Profit on disposal property plant & equipment +Rent from canteen +Departmental fines +Interest on loans to employees +Miscellaneous income +Amortization of foreign aid +Non-refundable tender deposits +Registration fees +Sales of programme material +Registration fee – TV dealers +Utilization of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation facilities (foreign) +AIBD training course income +Income from Diploma course +Loan impairment gain +Sale of magazine +Commercial promotional income +Other charges - clients +Government grant +Total other operating income +3. Cost of sales +3.1 Educational Programme expenses +Artiste fees +Refreshments +Make-up materials +Incidental expenses +Graphic material +Stage design +Video cassettes & tapes +Hire of transport facilities +Hire of equipment facilities +Hire of facilities (Theatre / Audio) +Hire of sound equipment +Electricity +Lodging +Still photographs +Travelling & subsistence +Purchase of copy/production/TV right +Premises +Special event +Channel Eye +Artiste fees +Previewing & monitoring chargers +Refreshment +Hire of equipment/ transport +Hire of transport +Hire of sound equipment +Electricity +Incidental expenses +Travelling & subsistence +Still photographs +Procurement of programme material - foreign +Accommodation +Video cassettes & tapes +Stage design /sets +Hire of facilities (Theatre / Audio) +Premises +Make-up materials +Educational Program +3.2 General Programme expenses +Artists fees +Previewing & monitoring charges +Refreshment allowance +Purchase of copy /Production TV right +Stage & design / sets/ props +Make-up materials +Video cassettes & tapes +Graphic & animation materials +Still photographs +Hire of equipment facilities +Incidental expenses +Procurement programme materials - foreign +Travelling & subsistence +Special event +Lodging +Electricity +Hire of facilities (Theatre / Audio) +Hire of sound equipment +Hire of transport +Premises +Satellite cost +NTV channel +Expenses for NTV channel (block vote) +Rent of antenna tower at Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Reimbursement of electricity charges Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Artist fees +Refreshments +Accommodation +Travelling & subsistence +Hire of transport facilities +Hire of equipment facilities +Hire of facilities (theatre /Audio) +Electricity +Video cassettes & tapes +Stage design / sets +3.3 News Programme expenses +Payments to news readers / editors +News gathering - local +News gathering - foreign +Incidental expenses +Satellite & related charges - local +Satellite & related charges - foreign +ABU’s fixed & variable charges +Current affairs (block vote) +Transport news vehicle +Web streaming service +Video cassettes & tapes +Refreshment allowances +Design / news sets +Artist fees +Hire of equipment facilities +Hire of sound equipment +Travelling & subsistence +Accommodation +Sets/props (current affairs) +Hire of transport facilities (current affairs) +Hire of facilities (Theatre/Audio)(current affairs) +Still photographs (current affairs) +Electricity +Live streaming +On demand video streaming +Special events +3.4 Commercial production expenses +Artist fees +Refreshment allowances +Stage & design /sets/props +Hire of transport facilities +Hire of equipment facilities +Incidental expenses +Travelling & subsistence +Accommodation & premises +Hire of sound equipment +Video cassettes & tapes +Make-up materials +Stationery +Still photographs +3.5 Other production expenses +Salaries & other allowances +(for production staff) +Salaries/allowances – +Permanent Staff +Salaries/allowances – +Contract Staff +Salaries/allowances – +Relief Staff +Overtime +Corporation share of EPF +Corporation share of ETF +Holiday pay +Week-end payment for executive +Hardship/altitude /heavy duty +Duty officers/engineering fees +Incentive allowance +Meal allowance – Non executive +Transport allowance +Enhancement medical leave +Bonus +Electricity – Tx station +Electricity – Head office (75%) +Fuel for generator +Running expenses (75%) +Rental for Tx stations +Repairs & maintenance - Equipment +Tax on foreign programmes +Commercial contra expenses +Frequency chargers +Leasing of satellite band with 9 MHZ +Colombo – Palali link for video transmission +Rental for fiber optic link +Hiring of third party infrastructure +3.6 Depreciation +Depreciation +Total cost of sales +4. Distribution expenses +Agency commission +Promotional expenses +Bad debts provision +-Employee +-Sundry +-Clients +Distribution Expenses +5. Administrative expenses +Member’s remuneration +Salaries /allowances – Permanent Staff +Salaries /allowances – Contract Staff +Overtime +Corporation share of EPF +Corporation share of ETF +Holiday pay +Week-end payment for executive +Hardship/altitude /heavy duty +Duty officers/engineering fees +Membership fees for professional executives +Contribution for pension & W & O.P +Incentive allowance +Meal allowance – Non executive +Transport allowance +Enhancement medical leave +Incentive gratuity & compensation +Bonus +Staff welfare +Recreation +Uniform to staff +Premium – medical insurance scheme +Premium for accident & life insurance +Traveling & subsidence - Local +Traveling & subsidence – Mileage allowance +Traveling & subsidence - foreign +Incidental expenses – Foreign travel +Corporation refreshment / entertainment +Rent, rates & taxes +Electricity & power +Telephone including rental +Security service +Postage +Printing & stationary +Newspapers & periodicals +Office requisites +Losses on disposal +Exchange losses +Sundry expenses +Advertisement – Tender & recruitment +Compensation for court cases +Running expenses of motor vehicles +Hire of motor vehicles +Insurance – building & other assets +License & insurance motor vehicles +Repairs & maintenance – building +Repairs & maintenance – Garden +Repairs & maintenance – Other expenses +Water +Computer requisites +License fee for Microsoft product & other expenses +Seminar & training programme - General +Anniversary celebration +Public addressing system charges /rental +Repairs of motor vehicles +Publicity & propaganda +Training expenditure – internal +Survey & research expenses +Donation +Public relation +National events +Expenses for elections - Presidential +ABU training expenses +Subscription fees +Depreciation +Nation Building Tax +Retirement benefit obligation +Administrative expenses +6. Financial & other charges +Bank charges +Bank interest +Lease interest (Vehicle loan) +Audit fees +Legal fees +Stamp duty +Financial & other write offs +Special levy - Treasury +Financial & other charges +7. Taxation +Profit /(loss) for the taxation +Depreciation +Interest paid +Corporation entertainment +Donations +Publicity & propaganda (25%) +Commercial promotional expenses (25%) +Contra expenses (50%) +Profit / loss on disposal +Tax gain / loss +Anniversary celebration +Provisions for gratuity +Paid gratuity +Specific bad debts write off +Interest income +Other income +Grant for capital items +Capital allowances +Amortization of foreign aid +Business profit / (loss) +Interest income +Other income +Total statutory income +35% from net profit allowable losses b/f +Interest paid +Assessable income +Qualifying payments +Taxable income +Tax amount (28%) +SLR (1.5% from income tax) +Income tax liability +Deferred tax +Income tax over provision for the year 2010 +Income tax +Property, Plant & equipment +Note +Balance as at 01.01.2012. +Additions +Disposals +Balance as at 31.12.2012 +Land +Building +Furniture & Fittings +Plant & Equipment +Office Equipment +Electrical Equipment +TV Sets +Library Stocks +Loose Tools & Accessories +Computer +Other Assets +Accounting Software +Equipments for NTV +Motor Vehicle +Musical Instrument +Caravan Equipment +Security Equipment +JICA Project +Total Value of Assets +Depreciation +Note +Balance as at 01.01.2012 +Additions +Disposals +Balance as at 31.12.2012 +Land +Building +Furniture & Fittings +Plant & Equipment +Equipment for NTV +Office Equipment +Electrical Equipment +TV Sets +Library Stocks +Loose Tools & Accessories +Computer +Other Assets +Accounting Software +Motor Vehicle +Musical Instrument +Caravan Equipment +Security Equipment +JICA Equipment received under the project +Total Depreciation +8. Net book value of assets +Note +Balance as at 01. 01. 2012 +Balance as at 31. 12. 2012 +At Cost +Depreciation +Total Carrying amount of Property, Plant & Equipment +Work- in progress +Note +Balance as at 01. 01. 2012 +Additions +Transfers +Balance as at 31. 12. 2012 +Work- in progress +Note +Balance as at 01.01.2012 +Balance as at 31.12.2012 +Total Carrying amount of Property, Plant & Equipment +Work – in Progress +Total +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Notes to the financial statements +Note +9. Intangible assets +Purchase of teledrama +In-house production teledrama +In-house production - others +Programme material foreign +Local Programmes (Not telecast) +Local Programmes (Work-In Progress) +Intangible assets +10. Held to maturity financial assets +Fixed deposits (Bank Of Ceylon) +Fixed deposit (State Mortgage & Investment Progress) +11. Stocks +Printing & stationary +Spare parts – ENG 1 +Spare parts – ENG 11 +Graphics material +Make-up material +Building material +Motor vehicle material +Diesel stocks +Office requisites +(Exuding printing & stationary) +Miscellaneous items +Cassettes & tapes (bank) in main stores +Electrical consumables +Cassettes & tapes in the Library +Recorded cassettes +Loose tools +TV Sets +Printer +Magazine +Stocks +12. Trade receivables +Client debtors +Trade receivables +13. Loans & other receivables +13.1 Treasury bills +Treasury bills +13.2 Debtors - Employee +TV loan - others +Distress loan +Festival advance +Transport loan +Special loan +Textile loan +Other loan +Housing loan +Housing loan prepayments +Debtors - Employee +Loan & other receivable +14. Other receivables +14.1 Advance & deposits +State Mortgage & Investment Bank (Housing loan fund) +Goods in transit +Advance to suppliers – local purchase (Institute) +Advance to suppliers – For programme production +Advance to employees – Miscellaneous +Advance to employees - Programme +Advance to Artistes +Deposits for services - Refundable +Travelling advance - Local +Advance for room charges +Advance on foreign purchase – spares parts +Advance to contractors +Advance to employees - Purchase +Travelling advance - Foreign +Advance – Social welfare fund +Stamp IMP – Administration Division +Withholding tax (WHT) deducted at source +Tax – Economic Service Charge (ESC) +Advance & deposits +14.2 Sundry debtors +Recoverable from retired /resigned employees +Income receivables +(From inland revenue & other) +Staff debtors - Sundries +Insurance corporation medical scheme +Coin adjustment +Lease interest suspense A/C +Sundry debtors +Less: Impairment of sundry debtors +Other receivables +15. Cash, bank balance & deposits as call +BOC saving A/C +Cash in hand +Bank balance BOC corporate Branch +Bank balance BOC Torrington Branch +Cash, bank balance & deposits as call +16 Government grant for capital items +Government grant for capital items +Government grant for capital items +17 Retirement benefit obligation - +Retirement benefit obligation - Gratuity +Retirement benefit obligation - Gratuity +18 Trade payables +Creditors client +Agency commission payable +Client transfer / refunds +Trade payables +Other financial liabilities +Accrued expenses +Unclaimed salaries & wages +Retention - contract +Security – contract & suppliers +Creditors control +Cancelled cheques - corporate +Artistes fee payable (cancelled cheques) +Retention – Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation employees +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Prereciepts +Tender deposits (refundable) +Salaries payable +Fund for Rupavahini museum +CIR stamp duty +Ministry of state +Provision for fine on gratuity +Miscellaneous payable – Suwa sahana +Provision for dividend (to the government) +Other financial liabilities +20 Other payables +Retention with holding tax +Provision for income tax +VAT control A/C +Retention with holding turnover tax +PATE tax +Other payables +21 Bank overdraft – BOC corporate branch +Bank overdraft – BOC corporate branch +Bank overdraft – BOC corporate branch +22 Finance leases +22.1 Finance leases payable current portion +22.2 Finance leases payable non-current portion +Finance leases +February 2014 +The Chairman, +Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation +Report of the Auditor General on the Financial Statements of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation for the year ended 31 December 2012 in terms of Section 14 (2) (c) of the Finance Act No. 38 of 1971 +The audit of financial statements of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation for the year ended 31 December 2012 comprising the statement of financial position as at 31 December 2012 and the comprehensive income statement, statement of changes in equity and cash flow statement for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, was carried out under my direction in pursuance of provisions in Article 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka read in conjunction with Section 13(1) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971 and Section 16(3) of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act, No. 6 of 1982. +My comments and observations which I consider should be published with the annual report of the Corporation in terms of Section 14(2)(c) of the Finance Act appear in this report. +A detailed report in terms of Section 13(7)(a) of the Finance Act was issued to the Chairman of the Corporation on 15 August 2013. +1.2 Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements +Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards and for such internal control as the management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatements, whether due to fraud or error. +1.3 Auditor’s Responsibility +My responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audit. +I conducted my audit in accordance with Sri Lanka Auditing Standards. +Those Standards require that I comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatements. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. +The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. +An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. +Sub-sections (3) and (4) of the Section 13 of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971 give discretionary powers to the Auditor General to determine the scope and extent of the audit. +I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my qualified audit opinion. +1.4 Basis for Qualified Audit Opinion. My opinion is qualified based on the matters described in paragraph 2.2 of this report. +2. Financial Statements +2.1 Qualified Opinion +In my opinion, except for the effects of the matters described in paragraph 2.2 of this report, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation as at 31 December 2012 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standards. +2.2 Comments on Financial Statements +2.2.1 Sri Lanka Accounting Standards +2.2.3 Accounts Receivables and Payables +The following observations are made. +(a) Client Debtors +(ii) The client debtors are generated at the time of supplying the air time on credit basis by the Corporation. +(c) Grant and Settlement of Advances +The following observations are made. +2.2.4 Lack of Evidence for Audit +(a) The evidence indicated against the following items appearing in the financial statements had not been furnished to audit. +Item +Value +Documentary Evidence not made available +(i) Debtors +Classification Schedules in terms Of new Accounting Standards +(ii) Cash flows generated from Operating activities +Details of Calculations +(iii) Impairment Gain +Schedules/Details of Calculations +(iv) Programs, Publicity and Purchase Expenses +Schedules/Details of Calculations +(v) Investments – Lanka Puwath +Ownership Certificates +(vi) Work-in-progress +Schedules +(vii) Information on Frauds +Cannot be calculated +Information requested for audit +(viii) Land of the Corporation and Lands of Transmitting Stations (Rates value) +Legal Evidence (Title Deeds, Vesting Documents, Gazette Notifications) +Total +(b) The criteria adopted in deciding on the price per film purchased by the Corporation under the contra agreements had not been furnished to audit. As such those could not be satisfactorily vouched. +2.2.5 Non-compliance with Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +Non-compliance with the following laws, rules, regulations and management decisions were observed. +Reference to Laws, Rules, Regulations and Management Decisions +(a) Financial Regulations of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and Public Enterprises Circular PED/12 of 02 June 2003. +(b) Letter No. M/TR/1/2005 of Secretary to the Ministry of Finance dated 28 March 2003 +(c) Section 6.5.1 of Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003 +(d) Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/50 of 28 July 2008 and Public Administration Circular No.22/99 of 08 October 1999 +Decrease of Channel Eye income during the year by more than 75 per cent or Rs.637,390,000 as compared with the preceding year had been the main reason for this decrease. +3.2 Analytical Financial Review +3.3 Legal Action instituted against / by the Institute +Eleven cases had been filed against the Corporation by external parties and 05 cases had been filed by the employees of the Corporation as at 31 December 2012. +Two cases had been finalized during the year under review. +3.4 Unusual Increases in Expenses +The following observations are made. +(a) The following item of expenditure for the year under review as compared with the expenditure for the preceding year had increased unusually. +Expenditure Item Expenses +Expenditure +Increase over the previous year +Per centage of increase over the previous year +Anniversary Celebration +Deyata Kirula +Artiste’s Fees +Loading Charges +Sundry Expenses +(b) The increase in the sundry expenses of the Ranavwiru Real Star program in the year 2012 as compared with year 2011 ranged between 58 per cent to 183 per cent. +4. Operating Review +4.1 Management Inefficiencies +The following observations are made. +5. Accountability and Good Governance +5.1 Preparation of Financial Statements +Even though financial statements should be presented to the Audior General within 60 days after the close of the financial year in terms of the Public Enterprises Circular No. PED/12 of 02 June 2003, the financial statements for the year under review had been presented by the Corporation only on 15 May 2013, that is, after a delay of 76 days. +5.2 Action Plan +The following observations are made. +5.3 Internal Audit +The cadre of the Internal Audit Unit of the Corporation comprised a permanent Internal Auditor and 06 other staff. +Twenty two internal audit queries in the first half of the year and 4 internal audit queries in the second half of the year had been issued. +5.4 Strategic Maketing Plan +A Strategic Marketing Plan designed for marketing promotion profitable for the Corporation though the identification of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats had not been prepared for the year 2012. +5.5 Audit Committee +Even though the Audit Committee should meet at least once in three months in terms of the public Enterprises Circular No. PED/31 of 01 July 2005, only two meetings had been held in the year 2012. +5.6 Budgetary Control +Income had not been estimated properly and as such increase of income of certain items against the budget ranging from 25 per cent to 44 per cent as well as decrease in the income ranging from 33 per cent to 1062 per cent were observed. +Similarly, increase in expenditure by 117 per cent as well as decrease in expenditure ranging from 14 per cent to 65 per cent due to the failure to prepare expenditure estimates properly were observed. +As such as the budget for the year 2012 had not been made use of as an effective instrument of management control. +6.Systems and Controls +Deficiencies in systems and controls observed during the course of audit were brought to the notice of the Chairman of the Corporation from time to time. +Special attention is needed in respect of the following areas of control. +(a) Debtors / Creditors Control +(b) Budgetary Control +(c) Staff Loans Control +(d) Advances Settlement Control +(e) Contra Agreements +(f) Collection of Air Time Income +(g) Accounting +Acting Auditor General +Home +Projects +Completed projects +2010 +Completed job description +Job No +Job Description +Estimate cost +Rs: Mn +Rehabilitation of Puluganawi Irrigation scheme +dismantled and installed the Gates at new position +Fabrication Installation of 04 Nos Radial Gates to Kankaniyar Kulam for Peace Project. +Downloads +Application Forms +Application Form +Specimen Application Form for Unskilled Labourers +Procurement Examination of Bidding Document Quataion Form +Procurement Examination of Bidding Document Shopping Document +Pre Qualification Application For Accreditation of Supplies +Contact Us +Department of Government Factory +Kolonnawa +Sri Lanka +Telephone +Fax +E-mail +Web Url +Subject +Inquiry +Contact Name +Telephone +E-mail +Enter security code in following text box +Unit +Name +Designation +E-mail +Telephone No +Ext No +Factory Engineer +Deputy Factory Engineer +Acct +Chief Accountant +Acct +Accountant +(payment) +Acct +Accountant +(stores) +Admin +Deputy Manager +(Admin) +Works +Works Manager +Works +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Vacant +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Vacant +Deputy Works Manager +Works +Deputy Works Manager +Works +senior Mechanical Superiendent (Project) +Mechanical Superintendent +Logistic +Manager (Logistic) +Logistic/ Training ISO +Deputy Manager(Training) +Logistic/Supply +Supply Engineer +Logistic +senior Mechanical Superiendent +(Quality) +Logistic +senior Mechanical Superiendent +(IT Secu.) +Logistic/Supply +Human Resource Assistant +Logistic/Supply +senior Mechanical Superiendent +(Supply) +Logistic/Supply +Mechanical Superintendent - 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