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Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2020-01-22
Establishment of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Coordinating Authority (NASTICA)
- The Cabinet has granted approval previously for the transition of the Coordinating Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (COSTI) into the National Science, Technology and Innovation Authority (NASTICA) through an Act, of Parliament. The Legal Draftsman's Department is presently in the process of finalizing the relevant draft Bill. As stated in the 'Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor', Policy Statement, with a view to achieving the vision of transforming Sri Lanka into an International Innovation Centre, the proposal made by the Minister of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation to draft the said Bill introducing the provisions incorporating the functions and the responsibilities of the Sri Lanka Inventors' Commission within the purview of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Coordinati