Central Housing and Urban Development Minister

Budget 2014 : Finance Minister Announces Rs 4,000 Crore for Low Cost Housing
In the union budget, the finance minister has announced the creation of low cost housing through the National Housing Banking program. While allocating Rs 8,000 crore to the National Housing Bank to support rural housing, he also proposed an allocation of Rs 4,000 crore through the program for low cost housing for the urban poor. The […]

Central Government to Soon Start Work on Creating Smart Cities
One of the key agendas in the present government’s manifesto was to create 100 smart cities in India. Within one month of forming the government, the Central government is already mulling ways to create these smart cities. There are two ways of doing this: one option is to convert the existing towns and cities to […]