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company with the objective of providing long term finance and undertaking
housing and urban infrastructure development programmes. It has been
conferred the status of Mini Ratna. HUDCO has been designated as one of the
Central Nodal Agency to channelize the subsidy under CLSS of Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana (Urban).
Hindustan Prefab Ltd.: HPL is a central public sector enterprise under the
administrative control of MoHUPA. It is engaged in project management services
for execution of civil construction projects through both technologies,
conventional and prefab. HPL is focusing to promote adoption of pre-fabricated
and pre-engineered technologies through skill upgradation for achieving fast
track construction especially for the attainment of the goal of providing "Housing
for all by 2022". HPL performed a major role under 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' in
construction of toilet blocks in schools for various leading PSUs.
Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council: BMTPC, since its inception
in 1990, has been promoting innovative and alternate building materials and
construction technologies in the field. As the technology promotion council, it
is assisting the Ministry in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(Urban) by anchoring the Technology Sub Mission under it. BMTPC is working
as secretariat of the Technology Sub-Mission and it has been designated as one
of the agencies for scrutiny of projects from various states.
National Buildings Organisation: NBO is an attached office of Ministry of HUPA
and is involved in collection, tabulation and dissemination of statistical
information on housing and construction activities in the country. It coordinates
and collaborates with state governments/municipal authorities/ research and
training institutions/statistical institutes and act as the nodal agency catering
to data and MIS needs of urban policy-makers, planners and researchers in
areas relating to urban poverty, slums, housing, etc.
Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation: CGEWHO is
registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860 in Delhi since 1990. It
functions under the aegis of MoHUPA as a 'welfare' organization for construction
of dwelling units for the Central Government employees on "No Profit-No Loss"
basis. Projects recently undertaken by it include Mohali (Ph-II), Bhubaneswar
(Ph-II), Greater Noida and SAS Nagar.
National Cooperative Housing Federation of India: NCHF is a nation-wide
organization of the cooperative housing sector. The primary objective of NCHF
is to promote, guide and coordinate activities of housing cooperatives. It
undertakes promotional activities in respect of Apex Cooperative Housing
Federations (ACHFs) in those states where such organizations do not exist and
to strengthen the ACHFs which are comparatively weak. Also, it is involved
with education, training, research conferences/seminars, publications, etc. for
the benefit of persons and institutions engaged in cooperative housing activities.