- The Finance Commission which has been empowered as an Independent Commission through the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, co-ordinates the National Policy and the Provincial Development Activities and also deals with the supervision and monitoring of the entire provincial council network. The proposal made by H.E. the President Maithripala Sirisena, to construct a new building for the Finance Commission, in a block of land of 60 perches, at No.03, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya, owned by the Finance Commission and to proceed with the related activities, was approved by the Cabinet.