Agency Name: | Department of Housing and Urban Planning |
Seal: | Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg |
Jurisdiction: | State of Uttar Pradesh |
Headquarters: | Department of Housing and Urban Planning, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexy Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Minister1 Name: | Yogi Adityanath |
Minister1 Pfo: | Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Housing and Urban Planning |
Chief1 Name: | Devesh Chaturvedi, IAS |
Chief1 Position: | Principal Secretary (Housing and Urban Planning) |
Child1 Agency: | Real Estate Regulatory Authority |
Child2 Agency: | Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board(Avas Vikas Parishad) |
Child3 Agency: | Awas Bandhu |
Type: | Department |
Native Name R: | Āvāsa Evaṃ Śaharī Niyojana Vibhāga |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Girish Chandra Yadav |
Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Minister of State for 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.
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.
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 27 development authorities subordinate to it. The department, through Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board, is also responsible for providing affordable housing to those who need it.[2]
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.
Devesh Chaturvedi | Principal Secretary | |
Mala Srivastava | Special Secretary | |
Kant Mishra | Special Secretary | |
Apurva dubey | Special Secretary |
Rajive Kumar | Chairman, Real Estate Regulatory Authority | |
Sri Ranvir Prasad | Housing Commissioner,U.P.H.D.B(आवास विकास) | |
Mala Srivastava | Executive Director, Awas Bandhu |