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]

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry overview
Formed1952 (1952)
JurisdictionRepublic of India
HeadquartersNirman Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹50,040 crore (US$7.0 billion) (2020 - 21)[1]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
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]

Organisation

Attached Offices

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

Statutory and Autonomous Bodies

Schemes

Joint ventures

List of ministers
  • N. V. Gadgil (15 August 1947 - 26 December 1950) (Works)
  • N. V. Gadgil (26 December 1950 - 13 May 1952) (Works, Production and Supply)
  • Swaran Singh (13 May 1952 - 17 April 1957) (Works, Housing and Supply)
  • K. C. Reddy (17 April 1957 - 05 April 1961) (Works and Housing and Supply)
  • B. Gopala Reddi (05 April 1961- 10 April 1962) (MoS) (Works and Housing and Supply)
  • Mehar Chand Khanna (10 April 1962 - 15 November 1962) (Works and Housing and Supply)
  • Mehar Chand Khanna (15 November 1962 - 16 April 1964) (Works and Housing and Rehabilitation)
  • Mehar Chand Khanna (16 April 1964 - 24 January 1966) (Works and Housing)
  • Mehar Chand Khanna (24 January 1966 - 13 March 1967) (Works and Housing and Urban Development)
  • Satya Narayan Sinha (14 November 1967 - 14 February 1969) (Health, Family Planning and Urban Development)
  • K. K. Shah (14 February 1969 - 18 March 1971) (Works, Housing and Urban Development)
  • Uma Shankar Dikshit (02 May 1971 - 05 February 1973) (Works and Housing)
  • Bhola Paswan Shastri (05 February 1973 - 10 October 1974) (Works and Housing)
  • Kotha Raghuramaiah (10 October 1974 - 23 December 1976) (Works and Housing)
  • Hitendra Desai (23 December 1976 - 24 March 1977) (Works and Housing)
  • Sikander Bhakt (26 March 1977 - 28 July 1979) (Works and Housing and Supply and Rehabilitation)
  • Ram Kinkar (28 July 1979 - 14 January 1980) (Works and Housing and Supply and Rehabilitation)
  • Prakash Sethi (14 January 1980 - 19 October 1980) (Works and Housing)
  • Bhishma Narain Singh (19 October 1980- 29 January 1983) (Works and Housing)
  • Buta Singh (29 January 1983 - 31 December 1984) (Sports, Works, and Housing)
  • Abdul Gafoor (31 December 1984 - 25 September 1985) (Works and Housing)
  • Abdul Gafoor (25 September 1985 - 22 October 1986) (Urban Development)
  • Mohsina Kidwai (22 October 1986 - 02 December 1989) (Urban Development)
  • Murasoli Maran (06 December 1989 - 10 November 1990) (Urban Development)
  • Daulat Ram Saran (21 November 1989 - 21 June 1991) (Urban Development)
  • Sheila Kaul (21 June 1991 - 03 May 1995) (Urban Development)
  • Sheila Kaul (03 May 1995 - 10 September 1995) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • P. V. Narasimha Rao (10 September 1995 - 15 September 1995) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • R. K. Dhawan (MoS, Independent Charge) (15 September 1995 - 21 February 1996) (Urban Development)
  • P. V. Narasimha Rao (21 February 1996 - 16 May 1996) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • Sikander Bhakt (16 May 1996 - 01 June 1996) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • M. Arunchalam (01 June 1996 - 29 June 1996) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • H. D. Deve Gowda (29 June 1996 - 21 April 1997) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • I. K. Gujral (21 April 1997 - 09 June 1997) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • U. Venkateswarulu (MoS, Independent Charge) (09 June 1997 - 19 March 1998) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • T. G. Venkataraman (14 November 1997 - 10 December 1997) (Urban Affairs and Employment)
  • Ram Jethmalani (19 March 1998 - 08 June 1999) (Urban Development)
  • Jagmohan (28 June 1999 - 22 November 1999) (Urban Development)
  • Jagmohan (26 November 1999 - 27 May 2000) (Urban Development)
  • Satya Narayan Jatiya (13 October 1999 - 22 November 1999) (Urban Affairs and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Jagmohan (22 November 1999 - 26 November 1999) (Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (22 November 1999 - 26 November 1999) (Works and Estates)
  • Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (26 November 1999 - 27 May 2000) (Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Jagmohan (27 May 2000 - 01 September 2001) (Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Ananth Kumar (01 September 2001 - 12 July 2003) (Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation)
  • B. C. Khanduri (12 July 2003 - 08 September 2003) (Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Bandaru Dattatreya (MoS, Independent Charge) (08 September 2003 - 22 May 2004) (Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation)
  • Gulam Nabi Azad (23 May 2004 - 01 November 2005) (Urban Development)
  • Manmohan Singh (01 November 2005 - 18 November 2005) (Urban Development)
  • S. Jaipal Reddy (18 November 2005 - 19 January 2011) (Urban Development)
  • Kamal Nath (19 January 2011 - 26 May 2014) (Urban Development)
  • M. Venkaiah Naidu (26 May 2014 - 07 July 2017) (Urban Development)
  • M. Venkaiah Naidu (07 July 2017 - 18 July 2017) (Housing and Urban Affairs)
  • Narendra Singh Tomar (18 July 2017 - 03 September 2017) (Housing and Urban Affairs)
  • Hardeep Singh Puri (MoS, Independent Charge) (03 September 2017 - ) (Housing and Urban Affairs)

References
  1. 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.
  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. "Directorate of Estates". Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.



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