The committee was appointed by the Prime Minister to make recommendations in line with the National Policy Framework- “Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour”, which states, "The Central Cultural Fund should be fully revised and restructured”

This committee was chaired by 1) Mr S.J. Kahawatte- Director General, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the other members were
2) Mrs.B.M.D.N.Balasooriya- Director, Department of Management Services,

3) Mr. Priyanga Nanayakkara- Senior Assistant Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office,

4) Mr. D .P. C. E .Peiris- Director, Department of Information Technology Management and

5) Ms. Madhushani Warnasooriya- Assistant Director (Information Technology) at Department of Management Services, Ministry of Finance.

 The Prime Minister accepted the report and stated that the implementation of these recommendations would enable the Central Cultural Fund to become more effective institution in achieving its objectives in the future.
At the same time, the PM instructed officials to issue all inclusive one online ticket for foreign tourists visiting Sri Lanka to enter all the archeological sites in the country. Final decision in this regard will be taken after consulting the Tourist Board.

The Prime Minister pointed out that having to obtain tickets for several archeological museums in the same area would also cause various inconveniences to local tourists and therefore check the possibilities to introduce one ticket at a reasonable price, covering all museums in a particular archeological site.

Mr. Gamini Senarath- Secretary to the Prime Minister, Prof. Kapila Gunawardana- Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Attorney-at-Law Mr. Ganesh R. Dharmawardena- Public Trustee of Sri Lanka, Senior Prof. Anura Manathunga- Director General of the Department of Archaeology and Prof. Gamini Ranasinghe- Director General of the Central Cultural Fund were also present at the occasion