Department of Housing and Urban Planning

The Department of Housing and Urban Planning (IAST: Āvāsa Evaṃ Śaharī Niyojana Vibhāga), often abbreviated as DoHUP, is a department of Government of Uttar Pradesh responsible for coordinated and planned development with a comprehensive Master Plan along with the work of various other agencies involved in the creation and extension of urban infrastructure.

Department of Housing and Urban Planning
Āvāsa Evaṃ Śaharī Niyojana Vibhāga
Department overview
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
HeadquartersDepartment of Housing and Urban Planning, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexy Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
26.8404943°N 80.94444599999997°E / 26.8404943; 80.94444599999997
Minister responsible
  • Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Housing and Urban Planning
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
Child agencies
  • Real Estate Regulatory Authority
  • Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board(Avas Vikas Parishad)
  • Awas Bandhu
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Chief Minister serves as the departmental cabinet minister, and the Principal Secretary (Housing and Urban Planning), an IAS officer, is the administrative head of the department.

Functions

Department of Housing and Urban Planning is responsible for making and implementing laws and policies related to Housing and Urban Planning.[1] The department is also responsible for planned development of urban areas, through the 24 development authorities subordinate to it.[1] The department, through Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board, is also responsible for providing affordable housing to those who need it.[1][2]

Statutory, Autonomous and Attached bodies
  • Real Estate Regulatory Authority
  • Uttar Pradesh and Housing Development Board
  • Awas Bandhu
  • 27 Development Authorities (Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Meerut, Allahabad, Moradabad, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Mathura-Vrindavan, Varanasi, Banda, Bulandhshahr, Faizabad, Firozabad, Hapur-Philkua, Jhansi, Muzaffarnagar, Rae-Bareili, Saharanpur, Unnao, Rampur, Orai, Khurja, Baghpat, Azamgarh)
  • 5 Special Area Development Authorities (Shaktinagar, Chitakoot, Kapilvastu, Mirzapur and Kushinagar)

Important officials

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, is the minister responsible for Department of Housing and Urban Planning.[3][4][5]

The department's administration is headed by the Principal Secretary, who is an IAS officer, who is assisted by three Special Secretaries, two Joint Secretaries, and eight Deputy/Under Secretaries. The current Principal Secretary (DoHUP) is Devesh Chaturvedi.

Secretariat level
Important officials
Name Designation
Devesh Chaturvedi Principal Secretary
Mala Srivastava Special Secretary
Kant Mishra Special Secretary
Apurva dubey Special Secretary

Head of Department Level
Heads of Department
Name Position
Rajive Kumar Chairman, Real Estate Regulatory Authority
Ajay Chauhan Housing Commissioner,UPHDB
Mala Srivastava Executive Director, Awas Bandhu

References
  1. "Housing and Urban Planning Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh - Objectives/Activities". Department of Housing and Urban Planning, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. "Mission / Vision Statement". Housing and Development Board, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  3. "Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios to ministers, retains home department with himself". The Times of India. New Delhi. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights". Hindustan Times. Lucknow. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. "Cabinet Ministers". Uttar Pradesh CMO. Uttar Pradesh Government. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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