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.[2] The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004,[3] but was later re-merged with it in 2017.[4]

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Emblem of India
Ministry overview
Formed1952 (1952)
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersNirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹76,432 crore (US$9.6 billion) (2023-24 est)[1]
Ministers responsible
  • Hardeep Singh Puri, Cabinet Minister
  • Kaushal Kishore, Minister of State
Ministry executive
  • Manoj Joshi, 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.[5]

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.[6]

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is the Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) of the three cadres in CPWD:[7]

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

Attached Offices
  • Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
  • Directorate of Estates
  • Directorate of Printing
  • Land & Development Office

Subordinate Offices
  • Town & Country Planning Organisation
  • Stationery Office
  • Department of Publication

Statutory Bodies
  • Delhi Urban Arts Commission
  • National Capital Region Planning Board
  • National Institute of Urban Affairs
  • Rajghat Samadhi Committee
  • Delhi Development Authority (DDA)

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

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

See also
  • Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

References
  1. "Demand for Grants 2020-21 Analysis : Housing and Urban Affairs".
  2. National Portal of India : Government : Who's Who
  3. The Ministry Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
  4. K Dash, Dipak (8 July 2017). "MoHUA is the new name for urban development & housing ministry". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. "Swachh Survekshan 2017 Report (ref page 7)" (PDF).
  6. MoHUA (20 July 2019). "Standard Specifications of Light Urban Rail Transit System "METROLITE"" (PDF). mohua.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. Govt of India. "CPWD, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs" (PDF).
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