Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
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| Department overview | |
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| Formed | 1952 |
| Jurisdiction |  Republic of India |
| Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | moud |
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India, is the apex body for 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 for now it is vacant .[1] The Ministry was attached on and off with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation on many occasions, before finally becoming independent in 2004.[2]
The ministry also published the National City Rating, which ranked the Cleanest cities in India under which Chandigarh was rated as the cleanest city of India.[3]
The ministry announced Smart Cities in India on 27 August 2015.
Organisational setup
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 and autonomous bodies
- Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
- Delhi Urban Arts Commission
- National Capital Region Planning Board
- National Institute of Urban Affairs
- Rajghat Samadhi Committee
- Public Sector Undertakings
- National Buildings Construction Corporation
Joint ventures
- Delhi Metro
- Chennai Metro
- Kolkata Metro
- Bangalore Metro
- Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon
- Jaipur Metro
- (Mumbai Metro)
References
- ^ National Portal of India : Government : Who's Who
- ^ The Ministry Archived 2010-09-14 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
- ^ National Urban Sanitation Policy: RANK OF CITIES ON SANITATION 2009-2010, Ministry of Urban Development (India), May 10, 2010.
External links
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