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.png) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs | |
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| Formed | 1952; 74 years ago (1952) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Nirman Bhawan,New Delhi |
| Annual budget | ₹76,432 crore (US$9.0 billion) (2023–24 est)[1] |
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| Website | mohua |
TheMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is a ministry of theGovernment of India with executive authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing andurban development inIndia. The ministry was under the charge ofVenkaiah Naidu and was given toHardeep Singh Puri when Naidu was electedVice President of India in 2017.[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]
The ministry also published the National City Rating, which ranked thecleanest cities in India, under whichIndore was rated as the cleanest.[5]
The ministry announcedSmart 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 inCPWD:[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.
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