Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Government ministry of India
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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.[2] 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.[3] The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004,[4] but was later re-merged with it in 2017.[5]
 Branch of Government of India | |
.png) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 1952 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹85,552 crore (US$9.0 billion) (2026–27 est)[1] |
| Ministers responsible | |
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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.[6]
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.[7]
This ministry is the Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) of the three cadres in CPWD:[8]
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
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)