Circulars released in 2026
| Circular No | CIRCULAR NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2026 | The process for obtaining permission to use a paddy land for the cultivation of a crop other than paddy (non-perennial (seasonal) crops / semi-perennial crops / long-term (permanent) crops) or for any other purpose, and the process for including a land identifiable as paddy land into the Register of Agricultural Lands (Paddy Lands), under Sections 28, 30(2), 30(3), 32(1), 33(1), and 34(1) of the Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000, as amended by the Agrarian Development (Amendment) Act, No. 46 of 2011. | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
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01/2026 (Ammendment I) |
The process for obtaining permission to use a paddy land for the cultivation of a crop other than paddy (non-perennial (seasonal) crops / semi-perennial crops / long-term (permanent) crops) or for any other purpose, and the process for including a land identifiable as paddy land into the Register of Agricultural Lands (Paddy Lands), under Sections 28, 30(2), 30(3), 32(1), 33(1), and 34(1) of the Agrarian Development Act, No. 46 of 2000, as amended by the Agrarian Development (Amendment) Act, No. 46 of 2011. | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2025
| Circular No | CIRCULAR NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2025 |
Agrarian Bank (Pilot) Project Introducing the pocess of recovering outstanding debts. Referral to Agrarian Tribunals/Magistrates' Courts, |
Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 02/2025 |
National program for the efficient cultivation of all uncultivated agricultural lands. |
Tamil | English | |
| 02/2025 (Ammendment 1) | Sinhala | Tamil | English | |
| 03/2025 |
Budget Estimates Draft - 2025 |
Sinhala |
Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2024
| Circular No | CIRCULAR NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2024 | Financial management of minor irrigation | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 01/2024(Amendment 1) | Managing projects, irrigation systems, and agricultural water sources | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 01/2024(Amendment II) | Managing projects, irrigation systems, and agricultural water sources | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 02/2024 | Providing a special loan amount to officers working in Govijana Service Centers | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 03/2024 |
The process of obtaining permission to use a paddy land for a purpose other than paddy cultivation under Section 34 (1) of the Agrarian Development Act No. 46 of 2000 as amended by the Agrarian Development (Amendment) Act No. 46 of 2011. |
Tamil | English | |
| 03/2024 Amendment | Sinhala | Tamil | English | |
| 04/2024 |
Budget Estimates Draft - 2025 |
Sinhala | Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2023
| Circular No | CIRCULAR NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2023 | Agraraian Bank Pilot Project | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 02/2023 | not issued yet | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 03/2023 | Agricultural Land Reform Programme | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 04/2023 | Induction of junior employees in the admin Section | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 05/2023 | The Construction Quality Control Service | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 06/2023 | Cascade Management Committee (CMC) Establishment & Continuity | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 07/2023 | Draft Budget Estimates | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 08/2023 | Management of Women's Farmerorganizations' Funds | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
| 09/2023 | Modern Village Project | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2022
| Circular No. | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2022 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 02/2022 | Managing transportation costs | Sinhala |
Tamil | |
| 03/2022 | Sara Sri Lanka Food Security Programme | Sinhala |
Tamil | |
| 04/2022 | Indigenous hybrid maize seed production 2022 Agricultural Bank (Pilot) Project |
Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 05/2022 | Agricultural Bank (Pilot) Project Special loan scheme for purchase of bicycles to Agriculture Research and Production Assistant Officers |
Sinhala |
Tamil | |
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05/2021(Amendment1) |
Agricultural Bank (Pilot) Project Special loan scheme for purchase of bicycles to Agriculture Research and Production Assistant Officers |
Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 06/2022 | Bye-laws for Producer Farmers' Organisations | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 07/2022 | Construction of seasonal crop protection fence (Seasonal Corp Protection Fence) to protect paddy and short-term crops in paddy lands. | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 10/2022 | The national tournament jointly conducted by TV Derana and the Department of Agricultural Development | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 10/2022 | National Tournament jointly conducted by TV Derana and Department of Agricultural Development-Annexures | Sinhala | Tamil |
Circulars released in 2021
| Circular No. | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 02/2021 | Sinhala |
Tamil | ||
| 03/2021 | |
Tamil | ||
| 04/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 05/2021 | Sinhala |
Tamil | ||
| 06/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 07/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 08/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 09/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 11/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | ||
| 13/2021 | Sinhala | |||
| 14/2021 | Sinhala | Tamil | Formats | |
| 15/2021 | Sinhala |
Circulars released in 2020
| CIRCULAR NO | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2020 | Cultivate Other Crops except Perennial Crop in B type Paddy Land | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 02/2020 | Agrarian Services Center Budget Preparation – Accounts Control | |
Tamil | |
| 03/2020 | 1 Million Home Garden Development under Soubagya Program | |
Tamil | |
| 03/2020 | 1 Million Home Garden Development under Soubagya Program-(Annexture) | Tamil | ||
| 04/2020 | Soubagya Immediate Loan Scheme up to 5000 per Farrm Family in Agrarian Bank | Sinhala |
Tamil | |
| 05/2020 | Soubagya Seeds Bank Establishment to Protect Traditional Seeds | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 05/2020 | Soubagya Seeds Bank Establishment to Protect Traditional Seeds-(Ammendment) | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 06/2020 | Giving Loan to ASC committee from Agrarian Bank for Fertilizer Subsidy Work | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 07/2020 | Issuing Loan for Farmers Organization from Agrarian Bank for Development works | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 08/2020 | Agrarian Government Staff Deposit Bond | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 09/2020 | Farmers Bank Management and Its Financial Administration | Sinhala | ||
| 10/2020 | Budget Estimate 2020 | 1st , 2nd | Tamil | Formats |
Circulars released in 2019
| CIRCULER No | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 01/2019 | Preparing Minor Irrigation Priority List | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 02/2019 | Issuing Bank Pass Book, Receipt Book for Micro Finance Activity of Women FO02/2019 Issuing Bank Pass Book, Receipt Book for Micro Finance Activity of Women FO | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 04/2019 | Guidelines for 05/2018, 06/2018, 07/2018, 10/2018 and 26/2018 Circulars Farmers Complaints | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 05/2019 | Budget Estimate 2020 | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 06/2019 | Govijana Abiman – Kamanalaththin Perumai | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 06/2019 | Govijana Abiman – Kamanalaththin Perumai (Ammendment) | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 07/2019 | Enter “C” Category paddy land into High Land Register according to 05/2018, 10/2018 and 23/2018 Circulars | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 08/2019 | 30 Days Loan recovery program. Loan and Life | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 10/2019 | Conducting Cultivation Meeting | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 11/2019 | Approval to Engage ARPA for third party insurance of AAIB for farmers | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 12/2019 | Interest Calculation of Depositors and Share holders for Savings and Shares | Sinhala | Tamil |
Circulars released in 2018
| CIRCULER NO. | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 20/2018 | "Sithamu Kantha" the introduction, management, and financial control of microfinance programs for women farmer organizations. | Sinhala | ||
| 01/2018 | Paddy Land Register – Ownership Grievances | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 02/2018 | Payment to Operator and Assistant of Dozer and Excavator | Sinhala | ||
| 03/2018 | National Food Production Diploma ARPA Monitoring | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 04/2018 | National Food Production Facilities and Regulations of Diploma ARPA | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 05/2018 | High Land Register Registration based on farmer request | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 06/2018 | Abandoned Paddy Land Register A, B, and C | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 07/2018 | Using Paddy Land for other than agriculture purpose under 32(1),33(1)and34(1) | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 08/2018 | Paddy Land Register Work – Final Circular | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 09/2018 | Women Entrepreneur Loan – Agrarian Bank | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 10/2018 | Land Declaring Non Agriculture Land | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 11/2018 | Approval exception of Assistant Commissioner for cheque to pay fertilizer payment | Tamil | ||
| 12/2018 | Agrarian Services Centre Committee Expenditure Approval Limit | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 13/2018 | Protection of Minor Tanks during emergency situation | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 14/2018 | Cultivating Paddy Land according to the agriculture policy of agrarian development act | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 15/2018 | Budget Estimate 2019 | Sinhala | ||
| 16/2018 | National Competition guidelines | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 16/2018 | National Competition guidelines amendment | Tamil | ||
| 17/2018 | Cultivating Paddy Land according to the agriculture policy of agrarian development act | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 18/2018 | Removing Soil From Tank for Non Commercial Purpose | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 19/2018 | Land to be used for agriculture purpose other than paddy and land to be used for other agriculture purpose | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 20/2018 | Micro Finance Introduction, Accounts Management, Control and Reporting of Women Farmer Societies | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 21/2018 | Sinhala | |||
| 22/2018 | Closing 2018 accounts and opening of 2019 accounts | Sinhala | ||
| 23/2018 | Land not included any registers to be declared as non agricultural land and land to be included in agriculture high land register according to the request of land owner | Sinhala | ||
| 24/2018 | Paddy Land use for Commercial level mining purpose | Sinhala | ||
| 25/2018 | Administration of Minor Tanks | Tamil | ||
| 26/2018 | Reporting “C” Category Land to Head Office of Agrarian Development | Sinhala | Tamil | |
| 27/2018 | Providing Accommodation to Officers to supervise Minor Tank Works | Sinhala | Tamil |
Circulars released in 2012
| CIRCULER No | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 04/2012 | Agricultural Bank (Pilot) Project. Establishment of the Departmental National Steering Committee | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2011
| CIRCULER No | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 08/2011 | Minor Irrigation | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
Circulars released in 2001
| CIRCULER No | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 12/2001 | Sinhala | Tamil |
Circulars released in 1991
| CIRCULER No | CIRCULER NAME | SINHALA | TAMIL | ENGLISH |
| 363/91 | Instructions for keeping accounts of farmer organisations | Sinhala | Tamil | English |
