Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development

The Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development was a Sri Lankan government ministry responsible for oversight of policy guidance and facilitation for traditional local industry, SMEs and the handicraft industry, with a goal of helping improve these industries to compete on the international market. It thus targeted home-based enterprises and cited poverty reduction, rural development and inclusive growth and social development as secondary focuses. The ministry was part of the Rajapaksa cabinet.

List of ministers

Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development
Appointer	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Formation	23 April 2010
Final holder	Douglas Devananda
Abolished	9 January 2015

Parties

  Sri Lanka Freedom Party   United National Party   Eelam People's Democratic Party

Name		Portrait	Party	Tenure	President
	Douglas Devananda	Eelam People's Democratic Party		23 April 2010 – Present		Mahinda Rajapaksa

See also

• List of ministries of Sri Lanka
• Economy of Sri Lanka
• Poverty in Sri Lanka

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