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Department of Housing and Urban Planning

{{Short description|Government department of Uttar Pradesh state, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

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| 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

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| 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)

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| 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

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| deputyminister1_name = Girish Chandra Yadav

| deputyminister1_pfo = Minister of State for Housing and Urban Planning

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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.

Functions

Department of Housing and Urban Planning is responsible for making and implementing laws and policies related to Housing and Urban Planning.{{Cite web|url=http://awas.up.nic.in/|title=Housing and Urban Planning Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh - Objectives/Activities|last=|first=|date=|website=Department of Housing and Urban Planning, Government of Uttar Pradesh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505073502/http://awas.up.nic.in:80/ |archive-date=5 May 2005 |url-status=live|access-date=22 January 2018}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://upavp.in/pages/en/top-menu/about-upavp/en-mission-vision-statement|title=Mission / Vision Statement|last=|first=|date=|website=Housing and Development Board, Government of Uttar Pradesh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803124520/http://upavp.in:80/pages/en/top-menu/about-upavp/en-mission-vision-statement |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=22 January 2018}}

Statutory, Autonomous and Attached bodies

Important officials

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, is the minister responsible for Department of Housing and Urban Planning.{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/yogi-adityanath-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-retains-home-department-with-himself/articleshow/57774080.cms|title=Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios to ministers, retains home department with himself|last=|first=|date=22 March 2017|website=The Times of India|publication-place=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323035715/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/yogi-adityanath-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-retains-home-department-with-himself/articleshow/57774080.cms |archive-date=23 March 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=17 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-updates-on-uttar-pradesh-govt-portfolios-keshav-prasad-maurya-gets-pwd/story-JafGBgr7Oe7VXxcBsnAOdM.html|title=CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights|last=|first=|date=22 March 2017|website=Hindustan Times|publication-place=Lucknow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322180752/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-updates-on-uttar-pradesh-govt-portfolios-keshav-prasad-maurya-gets-pwd/story-JafGBgr7Oe7VXxcBsnAOdM.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live|access-date=17 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://upcmo.up.nic.in/cabinet_minister.htm|title=Cabinet Ministers|website=Uttar Pradesh CMO|publisher=Uttar Pradesh Government|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-date=1 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101095425/http://upcmo.up.nic.in/cabinet_minister.htm|url-status=dead}}

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{{when|date=August 2019}} Principal Secretary (DoHUP) is Devesh Chaturvedi.

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Devesh Chaturvedi

|Principal Secretary

Mala Srivastava

|Special Secretary

Kant Mishra

|Special Secretary

Apurva dubey

|Special Secretary

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|+Heads of Department

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Rajive Kumar

|Chairman, Real Estate Regulatory Authority

Sri Balkar Singh

|Housing Commissioner,U.P.H.D.B(आवास विकास)

Mala Srivastava

|Executive Director, Awas Bandhu

References

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Housing and Urban Planning

Uttar Pradesh