Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, is a federal ministry 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 |  Republic of India |
| Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹50,040 crore (US$5.7 billion) (2020 - 21)[1] |
| Minister 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]
Organisation
Attached Offices
- Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
- Directorate of Estates[7]
- Directorate of Printing
- Land & Development Office
Subordinate Offices
- Town & Country Planning Organisation
- Stationery Office
- Department of Publication
Statutory and Autonomous Bodies
- Delhi Urban Arts Commission
- National Capital Region Planning Board
- National Institute of Urban Affairs
- Rajghat Samadhi Committee
- Public Sector Undertakings
- National Buildings Construction Corporation
- Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Schemes
Joint ventures
List of Ministers
| Name | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. V. Gadgil (Works) |
15 August 1947 | 26 December 1950 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| N. V. Gadgil (Works, Production and Supply) |
26 December 1950 | 13 May 1952 | |||
| Swaran Singh (Works, Housing and Supply) |
13 May 1952 | 17 April 1957 | |||
| K. C. Reddy | 17 April 1957 | 05 April 1961 | |||
| Bezawada Gopala Reddy (MoS) |
05 April 1961 | 10 April 1962 | |||
| Mehr Chand Khanna | 10 April 1962 | 15 November 1962 | |||
| Mehr Chand Khanna (Works and Housing and Rehabilitation) |
15 November 1962 | 16 April 1964 | |||
| Mehr Chand Khanna (Works and Housing) |
16 April 1964 | 24 January 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri | ||
| Mehr Chand Khanna (Works and Housing and Urban Development) |
24 January 1966 | 13 March 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
| Satya Narayan Sinha (Health, Family Planning and Urban Development) |
14 November 1967 | 14 February 1969 | |||
| Kodardas Kalidas Shah (Works, Housing and Urban Development) |
14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | |||
| Uma Shankar Dikshit (Works and Housing) |
05 February 1973 | 05 February 1973 | |||
| Bhola Paswan Shastri | 27 April 1968 | 10 October 1974 | |||
| Kotha Raghuramaiah | 10 October 1974 | 23 December 1976 | |||
| Hitendra Desai | 23 December 1976 | 24 March 1977 | |||
| Sikander Bhakt (Works and Housing and Supply and Rehabilitation) |
26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
| Ram Kinkar | 28 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | |
| Prakash Chandra Sethi (Works and Housing) |
14 January 1980 | 19 October 1980 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | |
| Bhishma Narain Singh | 19 October 1980 | 29 January 1983 | |||
| Buta Singh (Sports, Works, and Housing) |
29 January 1983 | 31 December 1984 | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Abdul Gafoor (Works and Housing) |
31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
| Abdul Gafoor (Urban Development) |
25 September 1985 | 22 October 1986 | |||
| Mohsina Kidwai | 22 October 1986 | 02 December 1989 | |||
| Murasoli Maran | 06 December 1989 | 10 November 1989 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (National Front) |
V. P. Singh | |
| Daulatram Saran | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | |
| Sheila Kaul | 21 June 1991 | 03 May 1995 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | |
| Sheila Kaul (Urban Affairs and Employment) |
03 May 1995 | 10 September 1995 | |||
| P. V. Narasimha Rao | 10 September 1995 | 15 September 1995 | |||
| R. K. Dhawan (Urban Development) (MoS, Independent Charge) |
15 September 1995 | 21 February 1996 | |||
| P. V. Narasimha Rao (Urban Affairs and Employment) |
21 February 1996 | 16 May 1996 | |||
| Sikander Bakht | 16 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| M. Arunachalam | 01 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Tamil Maanila Congress (United Front) |
H. D. Deve Gowda | |
| H. D. Deve Gowda | 29 June 1996 | 21 April 1997 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
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| I. K. Gujral | 21 April 1997 | 09 June 1997 | I. K. Gujral | ||
| Ummareddy Venkateswarlu (MoS, Independent Charge) |
09 June 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Telugu Desam Party (United Front) |
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| T. G. Venkatraman | 14 November 1997 | 10 December 1997 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (United Front) |
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| Ram Jethmalani (Urban Development) |
18 March 1998 | 08 June 1999 | Independent (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| Jagmohan | 28 June 1999 | 22 November 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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| Jagmohan | 26 November 1999 | 27 May 2000 | |||
| Satyanarayan Jatiya (Urban Affairs and Poverty Alleviation) |
13 October 1999 | 22 November 1999 | |||
| Jagmohan | 22 November 1999 | 26 November 1999 | |||
| Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | 26 November 1999 | 27 May 2000 | Shiromani Akali Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
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| Jagmohan | 27 May 2000 | 01 September 2001 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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| Ananth Kumar | 01 September 2001 | 12 July 2003 | |||
| B. C. Khanduri | 12 July 2003 | 08 September 2003 | |||
| Bandaru Dattatreya (MoS, Independent Charge) |
08 September 2003 | 22 May 2004 | |||
| Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Works and Estates) |
22 November 1999 | 26 November 1999 | Shiromani Akali Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
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| Ghulam Nabi Azad (Urban Development) |
23 May 2004 | 01 November 2005 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
| Manmohan Singh | 01 November 2005 | 18 November 2005 | |||
| S. Jaipal Reddy | 18 November 2005 | 19 January 2011 | |||
| Kamal Nath | 19 January 2011 | 26 May 2014 | |||
| M. Venkaiah Naidu | 26 May 2014 | 07 July 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
| M. Venkaiah Naidu (Housing and Urban Affairs) |
07 July 2017 | 18 July 2017 | |||
| Narendra Singh Tomar | 18 July 2017 | 03 September 2017 | |||
| Hardeep Singh Puri (MoS, Independent Charge) |
03 September 2017 | Incumbent | |||
References
- ↑ https://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/budgets/demand-grants-2020-21-analysis-housing-and-urban-affairs#:~:text=The%20total%20expenditure%20on%20the,revised%20estimates%20for%202019%2D20.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ K Dash, Dipak (8 July 2017). "MoHUA is the new name for urban development & housing ministry". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ↑ "Swachh Survekshan 2017 Report (ref page 7)" (PDF).
- ↑ MoHUA (20 July 2019). "Standard Specifications of Light Urban Rail Transit System "METROLITE"" (PDF). mohua.gov.in. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "Directorate of Estates". Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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