Divisional Secretariat - Thanamalwila

1. Business name registration activities

2. Countersigning of Grama Niladhari certificates

3. Issuance of vehicle revenue licenses

4. Issuance of sand mining licenses for residential purposes.

5. Activities related to mineral licenses for commercial purposes

6. Issuance of income/value certificates

7. Duties related to excise licenses

8. Issuance of gun/firearm licenses

9. Activities related to national identity cards

10. Issuance of income/asset/value certificates

Encourage participation of the disadvantaged and suffering social groups in social development,by providing relief and rehabilitation and creating a background to prevent them falls into such conditions.

1. Payment of public assistance and medical assistance

2. Payment of medical assistance

3. Provision of scholarships for disabled persons

4. Payment of housing assistance

5. Payment of self-employment assistance

6. Provision of assistive devices

7. Payment of senior citizen identity cards and allowances

8. Payment of disability living allowance

9. Rehabilitation activities for the disabled

10. Referral of disabled persons to vocational training

11. Social security activities

12. Registration of voluntary organizations

13. Recommendation of medical aid from the President's Fund

14. Counseling services

15. Official language activities

16. Cultural activities

17. Child development activities

18. Religious activities

19. Sports activities

20. Youth activities

21. Disaster activities

22. Women's development activities

23. Compensation payments for forest elephant damage

24. Arrow plant bill payments

25. Provision of nutrition stamps to pregnant mothers

1. Identifying development needs

2. Project evaluation

3. Maintaining and sustaining resources within the division

4. Conducting Regional Coordination Committee

5. Referring information to the District Coordination Committee

6. Referring public requests to relevant institutions

7. Implementing development projects (Central Government)

8. Implementing development projects (Provincial Councils)

9. Aswesuma Program

10. Information Act

11. Affairs related to the Department of Agriculture

12. Dengue Control Program

13. Community Fund Strengthening and Kidney Disease Prevention Program related to Anti-Refrigeration Water Filtration Systems

14. Environmental Affairs

15. Provincial Council Affairs

1. Accepting payments and receipts

2. Writing and issuing checks

3. Making various deposits

4. Paying salaries

5. Preparing the appropriation account

6. All activities related to the office store

7. Audit inquiry activities

8. Preparing the procurement plan for the year

9. All payment activities

10. Conducting review boards

11. Conducting audit inquiries

1. Entering information related to birth, death and marriage registration into the e-Population Registrar data system

2. Issuing copies of birth, marriage and death certificates

3. Registration of marriages

4. Conducting marriages on special licenses

5. Registration of overdue births

6. Issuance of estimated age certificates

7. Registration of overdue deaths Amendment of birth, marriage and death certificates

1. Payment of monthly pensions

2. Monitoring of widows, orphans, pensions and disabled persons and providing reports to the Pension Department

3. Obtaining life certificates

4. Issuing retired railway passes

5. Preparing widowed orphans' pensions

6. All activities related to removing pension anomalies

7. Providing pension details

8. Actions related to entering into agreements to appoint guardians for pensioners who are unable to receive pensions

9. Reproduction of pensioner identity cards of pensioners (lost or damaged)

1.  Land acquisition duties
2. Duties related to government lands
3. Land use planning duties
4. Timber felling, timber transportation, timber permit issuance
5. Providing recommendations for timber business registration

6. Works related to the preparation of long-term and medium-term lease permits

7. Issuance of long-term and medium-term lease permits

8. Follow-up work related to land

9. Issuance of permits, allowances for government lands

10. Resolving land-related issues

11. Transfer of land to government institutions

12. Submitting measurement requests 

1. Identify community needs and issues at the field level within the Divisional Secretariat Division.
2. Implement and monitor government development programs and projects.
3. Promote community participation and conduct public awareness activities.
4. Identify local problems and recommend appropriate solutions.
5. Collect information and identify eligible beneficiaries for government welfare and assistance programs.
6. Conduct field surveys, data collection, and prepare reports.
7. Coordinate with community-based organizations, societies, and voluntary organizations.
8. Support environmental conservation, disaster management, and sustainable development initiatives.
9. Receive public complaints and requests and refer them to the relevant authorities.
10. Act as a liaison between the Divisional Secretariat and the community.
11. Disseminate government policies, circulars, and information to the public.
12. Monitor and evaluate the progress and quality of development projects at the field level.
13. Assist in relief, coordination, and emergency response activities during disasters and special situations.
14. Contribute to identifying development needs and preparing local development plans at the village level.

1.  Identify the social, economic, and development needs of the community.
2. Implement programs aimed at poverty alleviation and livelihood development.
3. Promote self-employment and income-generating projects.
4. Organize empowerment programs for women, youth, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities.
5. Establish and strengthen community organizations, women's societies, youth clubs, and other community groups.
6. Conduct training programs to develop community leadership and organizational capacities.
7. Implement and monitor government welfare and social protection programs.
8. Plan and coordinate community-based development projects.
9. Provide guidance, counseling, and advisory services at family, group, and community levels.
10. Coordinate activities with government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations.
11. Collect data, conduct surveys, and prepare reports for social development programs.
12. Identify community issues and contribute to finding sustainable solutions.
13. Promote vocational training, skills development, and entrepreneurship programs.
14. Implement programs that promote social cohesion, coexistence, and community development.

1.  Identifying and registering Samurdhi beneficiaries.
2. Coordinating the distribution of Samurdhi benefits and allowances.
3. Implementing poverty alleviation programmes.
4. Promoting self-employment and livelihood development programmes.
5. Conducting training and awareness programmes to empower beneficiary families.
6. Supporting Samurdhi banking and savings programmes.
7. Implementing community-based development projects.
8. Monitoring the social and economic status of beneficiaries.
9. Assisting in relief services during disasters and emergencies.
10. Promoting community organizations and programmes for women, youth, and child development.
11. Coordinating with the Department of Samurdhi Development and other institutions.
12. Maintaining beneficiary records, reports, and statistics.

1.  Maintaining population and household records.
2. Updating and maintaining the electoral register.
3. Issuing residence certificates, character certificates, and other recommendations.
4. Assisting in the implementation of government welfare and relief programmes.
5. Collecting statistical and survey data.
6. Coordinating public grievances and community issues.
7. Promoting community harmony and peaceful coexistence.
8. Coordinating disaster relief and emergency assistance.
9. Assisting the Divisional Secretariat in administrative and legal functions.
10. Enhancing community participation in development activities.
11. Providing recommendations for permits, reports, and various government services.
12. Monitoring social and economic conditions within the division.