Challenges faced by Eastern provincial council of Sri Lanka

Abstract

This paper attempts to explore the challenges faced by the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) of Sri Lanka with regard to human and fiscal resources. It was found that, EPC had not been bestowed the enough opportunities to establish its own administration. In allocating staff to the EPC attention had not been paid to provide staff with necessary technical skills. EPC lacks control over the executive level personnel supplied by the central government. Above all, the fiscal devolution has not brought a meaningful allocation of finances to meet the general functions assigned to the EPC, thus making it dependent largely on the central government’s funds.