Directorate of Estates

Directorate of Estates is an attached office of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. It is responsible for the administration and management of the office buildings for the various organisations of the Government of India as well as residential accommodation for the Government employees in the metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and five other cities namely Shimla, Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Nagpur.

The Central Government Estates in the remaining cities and towns are managed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).

In order to facilitate the visitors, Directorate of Estates has also opened a modern computerised Information and Facilitation Centre at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.