Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (India)

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The Seventh Schedule of Indian Constitution has allocated the matters pertaining to Housing and Urban Development to the State; and further with The Constitution 74th Amendment Act, 1993 these have been delegated further to the Local Bodies. As such the Constitutional and legal authority of the ministry is limited to the National Capital Territory of Delhi and other Union Territories. The authority of the ministry stems from the fact that it is the Government of India that allocates resources to the State Governments through various Centrally Sponsored schemes, provides finances through national financial institutions and supports various external assistance programmes for housing and urban development in the country as a whole. The ministry is headed by a Minister of State (Independent Charge) Kumari Selja

[edit] History

the ministry was constituted as Ministry of Works, Housing & Supply in May, 1952. Subsequently it was renamed as Ministry of Works & Housing when the Ministry of Supplies was detached from the parent ministry. The name of the Ministry was changed to Ministry of Urban Development in September, 1985. With the creation of a separate Department of Urban Employment & Poverty Alleviation on 8th March, 1995, the Ministry came to be known as the Ministry of Urban Affairs & Employment. The Ministry had two Departments:

  • Department of Urban Development &
  • Department of Urban Employment Poverty Alleviation.

In 1999 the ministry was bifurcated into two Ministries namely

  • Ministry of Urban Development and
  • Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation

These two Ministries were again merged into one Ministry in 2000 and named as Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation with two Departments.

  • Department of Urban Development and
  • Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation

As of 2004 the Ministry has again been bifurcated into two ministries

  • Ministry of Urban Development; and
  • Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation

[edit] Functions of the Ministry

The Ministry is the apex authority of Government of India at the national level to formulate policies, sponsor and support program, coordinate the activities of various Central Ministries, State Governments and other nodal authorities and monitor the programs concerning all the issues of urban employment, poverty and housing in the country. The performs the following functions:

  • Formulation of housing policy and program
  • Nodal authority for Human Settlement including the UN Commission for Human Settlement and International Cooperation
  • Urban Development including Slum Clearance Schemes
  • National Cooperative Housing Federation
  • Implementation of the programs of Urban Employment and Urban Poverty alleviation, such as Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY)& Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Program
  • Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) other than those relating to urban infrastructure

The ministry has administrative control over the following:

Attached Offices

  • National Building Organisation(NBO)

Public Sector Undertakings

  • Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL)
  • Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)

Statutory & Autonomous Bodies

  • Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council(BMTPC)
  • Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation(CGEWHO)
  • National Cooperative Housing Federation of India(NCHFI)
  • Principal Account Office(PAO)

Ministry

  • Ministry of Urban Development

[edit] References

MHUPA

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