He disclosed that Cabinet approval had been granted subject to parliamentary approval to establish a new institution termed the Digital Transformation Agency, which would absorb the existing ICTA.

During the 2023 Budget speech, President Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance proposed that the ICTA be abolished since it had completed its role.

ICTA is an institution wholly owned by the Government that was formulated and operationalised to implement the e-Sri Lanka Development Project funded by the World Bank from 2004 to 2011

“The Digital Transformation Agency will be charged with regulating policies. Also, certain services such as the Government network, cloud, and email will be provided by the agency. It will no longer carry out projects like before,” Herath explained.