Ministry of Home Affairs has been established under Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification No.1933/13 of the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, published on 21 September 2016. Being the center of civil administration, facilitation and coordination functions for the related services of the Ministry and its main divisions, namely District Administration, Divisional Administration, Rural Administration, Grama Rajya administration, civil registration, and employee welfare, are performed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In line with the national priorities of the Government and targeting social and economic development, the Ministry collaborates with a number of fields such as implementation of public policies, human resource management, institutional development, application of electronic and technological methods, and good governance, for the excellence of administrative performance.