Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is a ministry of the Government of India with executive authority over the formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to the housing and urban development in India. The ministry was under the charge of Venkaiah Naidu and was given to Hardeep Singh Puri when Naidu was elected Vice President of India in 2017. The Ministry became independent from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in 2004, but was later re-merged with it in 2017.
The ministry also published the National City Rating, which ranked the cleanest cities in India, under which Indore was rated as the cleanest.
The ministry announced Smart Cities in India on 27 August 2015.
In July 2019, the ministry released specifications for Metrolite transport system - a cheaper, smaller and slower metro system.
This ministry is the Cadre Controlling Authority of the three cadres in CPWD:
1) Central Architects Services
2) Central Engineering Services
3) Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Services
These are Group A Civil Services.

WWW moud.gov.in