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Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Split Leaves Departments Adjusting

Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Split Leaves Departments Adjusting
Why Ministry of Housing and Urban Affa­irs is a house divided · indianexpress.com

The government in India has a big office called the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

It takes care of buildings, cities, and city trains.

Recently, the government split this big office into two smaller offices.

Now, the people who work there are trying to figure out which office is in charge of what.

Some construction groups are in one office, but they do most of their work outside the capital city.

The metro train system is also split between the two offices.

This has made some things confusing.

The leaders are working together to make the rules clearer.

It is like dividing a big toy box into two boxes and then deciding which toys go where.

Key facts

Ministry
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Notification issued by
Cabinet Secretariat
Notification date
July 2026
New departments
Department of Capital Development; Department of Urban Development
Under Department of Capital Development
CPWD, NBCC, Delhi Metro, NCRTC
Under Department of Urban Development
Urban transport
Current status
Departments still adjusting; efforts to bring clarity

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