Housing and Urban Development Corporation

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Housing and Urban Development Corporation
Company type Public
Industry Financial services
Founded25 April 1970;54 years ago (1970-04-25)
Headquarters New Delhi
Key people
Sanjay Kulshrestha
(Chairman & MD)
ProductsInfrastructure loan
RevenueIncrease2.svg7,571.64 crore (US$910 million) (2020) [1]
Increase2.svg6,133.36 crore (US$730 million) (2020) [1]
Increase2.svg1,708.20 crore (US$200 million) (2020) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg76,125.76 crore (US$9.1 billion) (2020) [1]
Total equity Increase2.svg12,342.26 crore (US$1.5 billion) (2020) [1]
Owner Government of India (74.8%) [2]
Number of employees
827 (March 2019)
Website www.hudco.org.in

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, abbreviated as HUDCO, is an Indian public sector undertaking engaged in housing finance and infrastructure project finance. The Govt Grants Navratna Status to PSU on 18-April-2024. [3]

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History

The institution came into existence on 25 April 1970 as a private limited company under the complete ownership of the Government of India with an equity base of Rs.2 crore under the Companies Act, 1956. [4] [5] [6]

It was created against the backdrop of housing deficit in India in 1960s and 70s, with the objective of addressing issue of housing finance and playing role in urban infrastructure development. [6]

The organisation provides finance for setting up of new towns and also works as consultancy services for the projects of designing and planning relating to Housing and Urban Development programs in India as well as abroad.

HUDCO won UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award for the contributions to the development of housing in 1991. [7] The institution was conferred with miniratna status in 2004. [8] [9]

Infrastructure

HUDCO started financing for development of infrastructures in 1989. [10] The priority was giving for infrastructure facilities including projects in the sectors of drainage, electricity, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management and roads in the urban areas. Later the social infrastructure components like primary schools and play grounds, hostels for working women, healthcare centres, police stations and jails, courts, etc. received benefit of funding for low cost. [11]

Road and Transport

HUDCO has provided term loans for construction of roads and other transportation sectors which includes construction of Airport, Railways, Ports, Metro Rails, Bridges and Flyover, Railway Over-bridges, Subways, Bypasses, Bus Terminal, Parking complexes, Purchase of public transport vehicles, Bus Stops/stations, Intelligent Traffic Management system etc.

Airport projects of Cochin International Airport and Calicut International Airport in Kerala are supported by HUDCO. [12] The infrastructure for Kerala State Road Transport Corporation and UPSRTC are also funded by them. HUDCO sanctioned 100 crore for KSRTC in 2002 for purchasing 550 buses and 350 mini-buses [13] and ₹260 crores in 2014 for purchasing 1500 buses. [14]

Solid Waste Management

In 1994,HUDCO set up a Waste Management Cell for promotion of municipal waste management. [15]

Capacity Building and Consultancy Services: HUDCO provides planning, designing, and urban development consultancy services and technical assistance to state governments, urban local bodies, and other stakeholders. It also organizes training programs and training workshops for professionals.

HUDCO has sanctioned 58 schemes with a project cost of 675 crore to provide new systems and to augment the existing systems. [15]

Water Supply

295 water supply schemes, with a project cost of 5,285 crore was funded by HUDCO. [15] In 2016, HUDCO has also given finance to Nellore's underground drainage project proposed by Nellore Municipal Corporation. [16]

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