Land Pooling- Guiding Principles and Implementation Norms

The vision enshrined in the Master Plan of Delhi 2021 to accommodate approximately 10 million people in the capital by building about 1.6 million dwelling units. Ministry of Urban Development vide notification dated 05-09-2013 has introduced the Land Pooling Policy as a part of MPD 2021. Guiding Principles:

❏ Government/DDA to act as a facilitator and speed up integrated planned development.

❏ A landowner, or group of landowners (who have grouped together on their own

violation) or a developer, hereinafter referred to as the “Developer Entity” (DE), shall be permitted to pool land for unified planning, servicing and subdivision/ share of the land for development as per prescribed norms and guidelines.

❏ Each landowner to get equitable return irrespective of land users assigned to their

land in the zonal development plan with minimum displacement.

❏ To ensure speedy development of master plan roads and other essential physical and social infrastructure and recreational areas.

❏ Zonal level use distribution shall be in the following ratio: 53% Gross Residential

Area, 4 % Industrial , 16% Recreational, 10% PSP and 12 % for Road Circulation.

❏ DDA’s share in residential land shall vary between 0-10%. Commercial Land shall vary between 0-2% and entire Industrial land of 4% shall be retained by DDA.

❏ Acquisition of left out land pockets in a time bound manner shall only be taken up

whenever the persons are not coming forward to participate in development through land pooling.

Implementation Norms

❏ In lieu of Rs. 2 crore per acre of External Development charges fees, payable at the time of final LTC, the landowners may surrender another 8% of the land to DDA and get the EDC fee waived.

❏ DDA would pay 2% interest to the Developer Entities for any delay in the

development of the area for the first three months of delay and 3% on later part.

❏ Four months time would be given for filing of the Application for surrendering of lands after the zones open for land pooling announced by DDA.

❏ The verification report of the revenue records (including physical verification of the

land duly certified by SDM) shall be made available to DDA by GNCTD within a period of 3 years.

❏ Issue of Provisional Land Transfer Certificates within maximum period of six

months of receipt of application for obtaining physical possession of land from all the DEs and final assessment of land parcels coming forward for Land Pooling.

❏ Issue of Final LTC to all DEs which shall include map showing actual parcels of land

returned to DE shown on sector plans/ layout plans along with the details of the land with plot number and utilization of the returned land, allotment and development rights and other terms and conditions applicable on the same within 9 months of the issue of provisional LTC.

❏ Developer Entity (DE) shall be responsible for ensuring that the land pooled is free from all encroachments till issue of Final LTC by DDA. All encumbrance/encroachment on the land returned to DE at a later date shall not be responsibility of DDA.

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