National Council sub-committee to set up mechanism for all government services

• For short and medium-term programmes related to National Policy

MP Namal Rajapaksa who is the chairman of the National Council sub-committee on identifying short and medium-term programmes related to National Policy said that the committee is looking into establishing an integrated mechanism for all government services.

He mentioned regarding the formulation of policies to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the public service when the aforesaid Committee met in Parliament recently.

The chairman whilst commenting on the legal obstacles regarding the integration  of the services related to the government service of the country, also said that when considering the key performance indicators that are currently in operation,  there are differences inherent in each institution.
He said that there is the challenge of creating a key performance indicator that can be applied equally to all public services and it is the intention of his committee to submit and approve the national policy proposals related to building a more efficient public service when  providing services to the public through the National Council.
The chairman also mentioned that the opinions, suggestions and support of all the island-wide service providers are expected to successfully accomplish the task. The chairman mentioned that while maintaining 20 ministries precisely, the remaining 10 ministries are expected to be implemented flexibly. The Chairman  also emphasised that the expectation of the sub-committee is to prepare the necessary background for the purpose of establishing the institutions belonging to the particular 20 ministries, the required number of state ministers and the departments under those state ministers by the constitution itself.

The Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service pointed out that there is no government agency to manage the sea area belonging to Sri Lanka, which is five hundred thousand square kilometres and further stated that the main reason for the failure of the state mechanism is because there is no concept in relation to the set goal of the country. A Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service suggested to the committee that it is appropriate to set up a joint mechanism for public service based on the concept of Sri Lanka being the first developed state in South Asia.