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{{Short description|Department of Government of Jharkhand}}

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| headquarters    = Project Building, Dhurwa [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]]
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| minister1_name  = [[Sudivya Kumar]]
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| chief1_name     = Sunil Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Urban Development and Housing)
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The '''Department of Urban Development and Housing, Jharkhand''', ('''UDHD''') is a department of the [[Government of Jharkhand]] responsible for urban planning, housing and municipal governance in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Development & Housing, Government of Jharkhand |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/index.aspx |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=udhd.jharkhand.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Jharkhand forms multiple teams of experts to plan, improve, modernise urban infra |url=https://infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/urban-infrastructure/jharkhand-urban-development-department-initiates-infrastructure-improvement-teams/124411779 |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=Economic Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Urban Development & Housing |url=https://www.jharkhand.gov.in/urban |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=www.jharkhand.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Government Services Portal - Urban Development & Housing Department, Jharkhand |url=https://services.india.gov.in/service/detail/urban-development-and-housing-department-jharkhand |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=services.india.gov.in}}</ref> It oversees urban local bodies including [[municipal corporation]]s, [[Municipality|municipalities]], [[nagar panchayat]]s and [[notified area committee]]s and implements schemes related to infrastructure, sanitation, water supply, solid waste management and housing for weaker sections.<ref>{{cite web |title=Functions – Urban Development & Housing Department |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Functions.aspx |accessdate=17 September 2025 |publisher=Government of Jharkhand |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701110435/https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Functions.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Development and Housing Department of Government of Jharkhand |url=https://www.developmentaid.org/donors/view/145140/urban-development-and-housing-department-of-government-of-jharkhand |accessdate=17 September 2025 |publisher=DevelopmentAid}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Request for Proposal – State Urban Development Agency, Jharkhand |url=https://www.tmdicai.org/assets/Doc/RFP_Docs/1703759143-5863-DOC-State-Urban-Development-Agency.pdf |accessdate=17 September 2025 |publisher=The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India}}</ref> The department also prepares city development plans and master plans,<ref>{{cite web |title=SDG 11.2 Implementation: Jharkhand cities will be people friendly and compact |url=https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/sdg-112-implementation-jharkhand-cities-will-be-people-friendly-and-compact |publisher=United Nations SDGs |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jharkhand: नगर विकास और आवास विभाग की समीक्षा बैठक, मंत्री सुदिव्य बोले- मास्टर प्लान के तहत हो शहरों का विकास |url=https://www.amarujala.com/jharkhand/jharkhand-minister-sudhivya-kumar-review-meeting-of-urban-development-and-housing-department-ranchi-news-2025-04-09 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref> that includes regularisation of unauthorized buildings,<ref>{{cite news |title=Jharkhand govt prepares draft plan to regularize unauthorized residential buildings |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/2258412-jharkhand-govt-prepares-draft-plan-to-regularize-unauthorized-residential-buildings |work=Devdiscourse |date=1 December 2022 |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETRealty.com |title=Jharkhand prepares draft plan to regularize unauthorized residential buildings |url=https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/infrastructure/jharkhand-prepares-draft-plan-to-regularize-unauthorized-residential-buildings/95637539 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=ETRealty.com |language=en}}</ref> development of new townships in major cities,<ref>{{cite news |title=Jharkhand to build new townships in 8 cities to boost affordable urban housing |url=https://propnewstime.com/getdetailsStories/MTcxNDM%3D/jharkhand-to-build-new-townships-in-8-cities-to-boost-affordable-urban-housing |work=PropNewsTime |date=2023 |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETRealty.com |title=Jharkhand making all efforts to build Ranchi as smart city |url=https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/jharkhand-making-all-efforts-to-build-ranchi-as-smart-city/66702550 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=ETRealty.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=FOUNDATION |first=OBSERVER RESEARCH |title=Towards inclusive and sustainable smart cities:Â The case of Ranchi |url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/towards-inclusive-and-sustainable-smart-cities-the-case-of-ranchi |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=orfonline.org |language=en}}</ref> and measures like reduced water connection charges with free connections for below-poverty-line households.<ref>{{cite news |title=Assembly panel pushes reform: Jharkhand water connections made affordable |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/assembly-panel-pushes-reform-jharkhand-water-connections-made-affordable-1503486006.html |work=The Statesman |date=19 February 2023 |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref>

==Functions==
* Oversight of urban local bodies including municipal corporations, municipalities, nagar panchayats and notified area committees, including implementing schemes such as [[Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana|PMAY-Urban]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us – Urban Local Bodies |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/ |publisher=Government of Jharkhand |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jharkhand Affordable Urban Housing Policy - 2016 |url=https://pmay-urban.gov.in/material/component1/Jharkhand-Affordable-Housing-policy.pdf |website=pmay-urban.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Functions and Finances of Urban local bodies in Jharkhand |url=https://www.nipfp.org.in/media/medialibrary/2013/08/Jharkhand.pdf |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=nipfp.org.in}}</ref>
* Preparation and implementation of urban water supply schemes, including using Public Private Partnership models.<ref>{{cite web |title=Functions – urban development jharkhand |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Functions.aspx |publisher=Government of Jharkhand |accessdate=17 September 2025 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701110435/https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Functions.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jharkhand Urban Water Supply Improvement Project |url=https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/linked-documents/52028-004-ssa.pdf |publisher=Asian Development Bank |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref>
* Development of city sanitation plans covering water supply, access to toilets, waste water management, storm water drainage and solid waste management.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Sanitation Plans |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Programs/CSP.aspx |publisher=Government of Jharkhand |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Sanitation and Septage Management in Jharkhand |url=https://scbp.niua.org/sites/all/themes/zap/knowledge/State_Report-Jharkhand_Web.pdf |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=scbp.niua.org}}</ref>
* Launching and providing various e-services such as building plan approval, property tax management, water connection management, municipal license system, issuance of birth and death certificates as well as grievance redressal.<ref>{{cite web |title=e-Services – UDHD Jharkhand |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Services2.aspx |publisher=Government of Jharkhand |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=E-municipality Services provided by Department of Urban Development and Housing |url=https://blog.mygov.in/e-municipality-services-provided-by-department-of-urban-development-and-housing/ |access-date=2025-09-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Implementation of reforms to strengthen accountability, transparency, and service monitoring, such as QR code / RFID-based tracking for waste collection.<ref>{{cite news |title=QR code-based monitoring for door-to-door waste collection soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/qr-code-based-monitoring-for-door-to-door-waste-collection-soon/articleshow/122959304.cms |work=Times of India |date=28 July 2025 |accessdate=17 September 2025}}</ref>

==Ministerial team==
The Department is headed by the Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Housing. Since December 2024, [[Sudivya Kumar]] holds the portfolio of Urban Development and Housing Minister of Jharkhand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Satyajeet |date=2024-12-05 |title=Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren allocates portfolios, Sudivya Kumar gets Urban Development & Housing |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jharkhand-hemant-soren-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-2646285-2024-12-05 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

The administrative head of the department is the principal secretary, who is supported by special secretaries and other senior officials. Since August 2024, Sunil Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service]] is serving as Principal Secretary of Jharkhand's Urban Development and Housing Department.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Around two dozen IAS officers transferred in major bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jharkhand/around-two-dozen-ias-officers-transferred-in-major-bureaucratic-reshuffle-in-jharkhand-3146144 |access-date=2025-09-17 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== List of urban local bodies in Jharkhand ==
{{Main|List of urban local bodies in Jharkhand}}
Jharkhand has four categories of urban local bodies: Municipal Corporations, Nagar Parishads (Municipality), Nagar Panchayats and a Notified Area Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Local Bodies's Contact Informations |url=https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Other/ULBInformation.aspx |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=udhd.jharkhand.gov.in |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606195626/https://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/Other/ULBInformation.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Urban Development Authorities |url=https://pmay-urban.gov.in/list-ulb.pdf |access-date=17 Sep 2025 |website=pmay-urban.gov.in}}</ref>

=== Municipal Corporations ===
* [[Adityapur Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Chas Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Dhanbad Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Deoghar Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Ranchi Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Giridih Municipal Corporation]]
* [[Medininagar Municipal Corporation]]
* Mango Municipal Corporation

=== Nagar Parishads (Municipality) ===
* Bishrampur Nagar Parishad
* Chatra Nagar Parishad
* Chakradharpur Nagar Parishad
* [[Madhupur Municipality|Madhupur Nagar Parishad]]
* Chaibasa Nagar Parishad
* Dumka Nagar Parishad
* Garhwa Nagar Parishad
* Jhumritilaiya Nagar Parishad
* Ramgarh Nagar Parishad
* Simdega Nagar Parishad
* Sahibganj Nagar Parishad
* Pakur Nagar Parishad
* Phusro Nagar Parishad
* Mihijham Nagar Parishad
* Lohardaga Nagar Parishad
* Jugsalai Nagar Parishad
* Godda Nagar Parishad
* Chirkunda Nagar Parishad
* Kapali Nagar Parishad

=== Nagar Panchayats ===
* Basukinath Nagar Panchayat
* Bachra Nagar Panchayat
* Badakisarai Nagar Panchayat
* Barharwa Nagar Panchayat
* Bundu Nagar Panchayat
* Chhattarpur Nagar Panchayat
* Chakuliya Nagar Panchayat
* Domchach Nagar Panchayat
* Hariharganj Nagar Panchayat
* Hussainabad Nagar Panchayat
* Jamtara Nagar Panchayat
* Khunti Nagar Panchayat
* Koderma Nagar Panchayat
* Latehar Nagar Panchayat
* Mahagama Nagar Panchayat
* Nagar Uttari Nagar Panchayat
* Rajmahal Nagar Panchayat
* Seraikela Nagar Panchayat
* Manjhiaon Nagar Panchayat

=== Notified Area Committee (NAC) ===
* Jamshedpur NAC

== See also ==
* [[Government of Jharkhand]]
* [[Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company Limited]]
* [[List of urban local bodies in Jharkhand]]
* [[Municipal corporation (India)]]
* [[Municipal governance in India]]
* [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Government departments of Jharkhand]]