The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, State Banks and it’s associated companies, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka have been moved under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of which Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is the subject Minister.
Under the previous government, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was under the National Policies and Economic Affairs Ministry of which Ranil Wickramasinghe was the Minister.Sri Lankan Airlines & Mihin Lanka which were under the Minister of Public Enterprises are now under Nimal Siripala De Silva who is the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.