Delhi, being the capital of India, is also a major economic and employment hub of North India. Acquisition of land has become tedious and time-consuming due to litigations and procedural delays. As a result, DDA could not meet the growing demands of the additional population and market expectations. To match this fast pace of growth while ensuring planned inclusive development, DDA has now re-emerged in its role from developer to facilitator.

The policy is applicable for the urban extension areas of Delhi, comprising of 95 villages falling in Zones J, K-I, L, N and P-II. The whole area is divided into 109 sectors, and on an average each sector is about 250Ha to 350 Ha and is anticipated to accommodate about 80,000 to 1 lakh population.

These new areas shall incorporate Smart city principles of the Government of India, and are being planned around the concepts of Happiness and Livability index which are being adopted all across the world. DDA has already notified the modified Land Policy and its Regulations in 2018 to foster land development in partnership with land owners.

This Policy envisages development of sustainable housing, commercial areas and smart social and physical infrastructure incorporating new innovative construction technologies. The development is envisaged for about 200 sq.km (20,000 ha.) of land to meet the future requirements of the Capital City. About 17 Lakh new houses shall be constructed, of which 6 lakh houses will be reserved for EWS housing accommodating a total of 85 Lakh people over the next 20 years.

Development of housing and infrastructure in these Land Pooling Zones will trigger economic, social, and civic development of the city. It will give the necessary fillip for growing local economy and provide both direct and indirect employment opportunities through construction work and allied sectors include housing and infrastructure finance. It would also boost job opportunities for labor-Intensive Domestic Production and significantly benefit the local economy. This would further set off a multiplier effect, bolstering the GDP.

Status of Land Pooling

• To implement the policy, a web-portal for inviting voluntary expression of willingness for participation from landowners was launched on 05.02.2019. The application window has been opened on 4 occasions and a total of approx. 6930.4 ha of land have been submitted as of 20.12.2020.
• As per the applications received on DDA’s LP web portal for inviting expression of willingness 16 sectors in Zone PII, N and L have been identified as priority sectors for commencing development which have registered nearing 70% or above 70% participation.
• Based on the in-house exercise of mapping of pooled land on the GIS platform, the applications registered on the DDA web-portal are being scrutinized by DDA. Thereafter the land details are being verified by the revenue dept. of GNCTD based on which the qualified sector will be identified and development will take place as per the provisions of the land pooling policy.
• The work regarding development of a Single Window System and for Land Pooling has been awarded to consultants and is under progress.
• Towards Service Planning of Land Pooling Zones, the Consultancy work for the Preparation of transportation model and mobility planning and Planning and Design of Infrastructure Facilities like Water Supply, Sewerage and Solid Waste is awarded to consultants and is under progress.

For any further details w.r.t notification/ maps/ notices/ contacts, etc, please visit Land Pooling web portal

https://online.dda.org.in/landpooling/AppForm/LandPoolAbout.aspx