President Gotabhaya has appointed WH Karunaratne as the Secretary to the Development Coordinating Monitoring Branch with effect from 16 August 2021.

This was announced by Mr. Jayasundera through a special gazette notification.

This Ministry was created by removing a part of the Ministry which was under the Minister of State for Finance, Ajith Nivard Cabraal. The new ministry has been placed under Minister Namal Rajapaksa.