The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is a ministry of the Government of India. It deals with and has authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations, and laws relating to housing and urban development in India.https://mohua.gov.in/upload/uploadfiles/files/2688HUA-ENGLISH-19-4-2023.pdf Ministries executive authority research The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004,The Ministry Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. but was later re-merged with it in 2017.In July 2026, the Department of Capital Development was carved out and is designed to streamline operations specific to the National Capital Region (India). It decouples local capital governance from broader national urban policy initiatives.
It is the Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) of the three cadres in CPWD:
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 NBCC (India) Limited Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited Hindustan Prefab Limited National Capital Region Transport Corporation Urban Mass Transit Company (UMTC)
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)
Joint ventures Delhi Metro Chennai Metro Kolkata Metro Bangalore Metro Rapid Metro Gurgaon Jaipur Metro Mumbai Metro Lucknow Metro Kochi Metro Noida Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Mumbai Monorail Nagpur Metro Ahmedabad Metro
See also Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
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