Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is a ministry of the Government of India with executive authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing and urban development in India. The ministry was under the charge of Venkaiah Naidu and was given to Hardeep Singh Puri when Naidu was elected Vice President of India in 2017. The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004, but was later re-merged with it in 2017.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry overview
Formed1952; 73 years ago (1952)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget76,432 crore (US$9.0 billion) (2023–24 est)
Ministers responsible
Ministry executive
  • Katikithala Srinivas, IAS, Secretary (Housing and Urban Affairs)
Websitemohua.gov.in

The ministry also published the National City Rating, which ranked the cleanest cities in India, under which Indore was rated as the cleanest.

The ministry announced Smart Cities in India on 27 August 2015.

In July 2019, the ministry released specifications for Metrolite transport system - a cheaper, smaller and slower metro system.

This ministry is the Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) of the three cadres in CPWD:

1) Central Architects Services (CAS)

2) Central Engineering Services (CES)

3) Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Services (CEMES)

These are Group A Civil Services.

Organisation

Divisions

  • Administration
  • Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
  • Budget
  • Coordination,Public Grievances Parliament
  • Delhi
  • Economic
  • Finance
  • Local Self Government(LSG)
  • National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM)
  • Public Health Engineering (PHE)
  • Printing and Stationary Publication (PSP)
  • Smart Cities
  • Swachh Bharat Mission
  • Urban Development
  • Urban Transport
  • Vigilance
  • Works
  • Housing
  • Housing for All
  • DAY-NULM (National Urban Livelihoods Mission)

Attached Offices

  • Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
  • Directorate of Estates
  • Directorate of Printing
  • Land & Development Office
  • National Buildings Organisation (NBO)

Subordinate Offices

  • Town & Country Planning Organisation
  • Government of India Stationery Office
  • Department of Publication

Statutory Bodies

  • Delhi Urban Arts Commission
  • National Capital Region Planning Board
  • Rajghat Samadhi Committee
  • Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
  • Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO)
  • National Cooperative Housing Federation of India (NCHFI)

Autonomous Bodies

  • Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES) in Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai
  • Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC)
  • National Institute of Urban Affairs

Central Public Sector Undertakings

  • NBCC (India) Limited
  • Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited
  • Hindustan Prefab Limited
  • National Capital Region Transport Corporation
  • Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC)

Schemes

  • Smart Cities Mission
  • HRIDAY
  • AMRUT
  • Urban Transport
  • Swachh Bharat Mission
  • Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)
  • PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)

Joint ventures

  • Delhi Metro
  • Chennai Metro
  • Kolkata Metro
  • Bangalore Metro
  • Rapid Metro Gurgaon
  • Jaipur Metro
  • Mumbai Metro
  • Lucknow Metro
  • Kochi Metro
  • Noida Metro
  • Navi Mumbai Metro
  • Mumbai Monorail
  • Nagpur Metro
  • Ahmedabad Metro

See also

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