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{{Short description|Government department of Uttar Pradesh state, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Government agency
| agency_name = Department of Housing and Urban Planning
| seal = Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg
| jurisdiction = [[Uttar Pradesh|State of Uttar Pradesh]]
| headquarters = Department of Housing and Urban Planning, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan (Annexy Building), Sarojini Naidu Marg, [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| coordinates = {{Coordinates|26.8404943|80.94444599999997|display=inline, title}}
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| minister1_name = [[Yogi Adityanath]]
| minister1_pfo = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and Minister of Housing and Urban Planning
| chief1_name = Devesh Chaturvedi, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| chief1_position = [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Housing and Urban Planning)
| website = {{url|http://awas.up.nic.in/|Official Website}}
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| child2_agency = Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board(Avas Vikas Parishad)
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| native_name_r = Āvāsa Evaṃ Śaharī Niyojana Vibhāga
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The '''Department of Housing and Urban Planning''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|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 [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]] serves as the departmental cabinet minister, and the [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] (Housing and Urban Planning), an [[Indian Administrative Service|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.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> The department is also responsible for planned development of urban areas, through the 27 development authorities subordinate to it.<ref name=":0" /> The department, through Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board, is also responsible for providing affordable housing to those who need it.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Statutory, Autonomous and Attached bodies==

* Real Estate Regulatory Authority
* Uttar Pradesh and Housing Development Board
* [[Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation]]
* Chief Town and Country Planner
* Awas Bandhu
* 27 Development Authorities ([[Agra]], [[Aligarh]], [[Ayodhya]], [[Azamgarh]], [[Baghpat|Baghpat-Baraut-Khekra]], [[Banda, Uttar Pradesh|Banda]], [[Bareilly]], [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh|Basti]], [[Bulandshahr|Bulandshahr-Khurja]], [[Firozabad|Firozabad-Shikohabad]], [[Ghaziabad]], [[Gorakhpur]], [[Hapur]], [[Jhansi]], [[Kanpur]], [[Lucknow]], [[Mathura|Mathura-Vrindavan]], [[Meerut]], [[Mirzapur]], [[Moradabad]], [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[Orai]], [[Prayagraj]], [[Rae Bareli]], [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Unnao|Unnao-Shuklaganj]], [[Varanasi]])
* 4 Special Area Development Authorities (Shaktinagar, Chitakoot, Kapilvastu and Kushinagar)

== Important officials ==
The [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]], [[Yogi Adityanath]], is the minister responsible for Department of Housing and Urban Planning.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

The department's administration is headed by the [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]], who is an [[Indian Administrative Service|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 (India)|Principal Secretary]] (DoHUP) is Devesh Chaturvedi.

===Secretariat level===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Important officials'''
!'''Name'''
!'''Designation'''
|-
|'''Devesh Chaturvedi'''
|[[Principal Secretary (India)|'''Principal Secretary''']]
|-
|'''Mala Srivastava'''
|'''Special Secretary'''
|-
|'''Kant Mishra'''
|'''Special Secretary'''
|-
|'''Apurva dubey'''
|'''Special Secretary'''
|}

=== Head of Department Level ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Heads of Department'''
!'''Name'''
!'''Position'''
|-
|'''[[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 ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Government departments of Uttar Pradesh|Housing and Urban Planning]]
[[Category:State housing departments of India|Uttar Pradesh]]

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