Public sector pivotal for development - minister

Ridma DISSANAYAKE

The public sector has to play a major role in developing the country, Public Management Reforms Minister Navin Dissanayake said.

The minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Functional and Work Processes Review Programme organized by the Public Management Reforms Ministry at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The government's attempt is to develop the country. It should not be limited to urban areas.

The main link of the development process is the administrative machinery.

The Public Reforms Ministry will hold this programme in selected ministries and institutions to uplift the standard of the public service.

According to the minister, minimizing the time taken for attending to official duties, creating better public relations, simplifying cumbersome procedures, use of official languages for the benefit of citizens and maximizing the contribution of public officers can be attributed for public sector development.

Secretary to the President and National Administrative Reforms Council (NARC) Chairman Lalith Weeretunga and Public Management Reforms Ministry Secretary G.K.D. Amarawardena also participated.