Department of Co-operative Development

This department is committed to formulate the mission and extend assistance, guidance and directions for corporate development to provides services of excellent quality to the people of Sri Lanka.

• There was no separate department functioning for corporative activities by 1930. But in terms of Corporative Societies Ordinance implemented in 1911, a registrar was given power to register corporative societies and attend to its activities such as auditing.
  

• Department of Corporative was established on January 10th 1930.
  

• This department was named as the Department of Corporate Development in 1945 in addition to the post of Registrar of Corporative Societies, the post of Corporative Development Commissioner was created.
  

• During the decades of 1940, 1950, 1960 and 1970 it was developed and expanded as one of the main state departments
  

• Under the provisions of the 13th amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka, several functions relating to the subject of Comparatives were developed to the Provincial Councils after 1989. As a result of some provincial departments of Comparatives in charge of the promotion of the corporative societies and the administration of some commenced.
  

• This department is functioning and operating under the ministry of Trade, marketing development, comparatives and consumer services.