Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
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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]
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Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 1952 |
Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹76,432 crore (US$8.8 billion) (2023-24 est)[1] |
Ministers responsible | |
Ministry executive |
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Website | mohua |
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]
This ministry 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)
Autonomous Bodies
- Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES) in Lucknow, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Central Public Sector Undertakings
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
See also
References
External links
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