Founded Year : 1957

The DDA was founded by the Government of India in 1957 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act to promote and secure the development of Delhi. The DDA is headquartered in New Delhi.

The DDA is responsible for planning, development, and construction of Housing Projects, Commercial Lands, Land Management as well as providing public facilities like roads, bridges, drains, Underground water reservoirs, Community Centers, Sports Centers, Green Belts, etc.

DDA is an autonomous body controlled by Central Government, under the Mo HUA -Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs whose chairman is honorable L.G of Delhi.

DDA has acquired 67354.88 acres of land and developed it for residential, recreational, industrial, commercial and institutional purposes-

1. 30713.95 acres developed for residential purposes.
   
2. 3250.45 acres developed for Industrial purposes.
3. 8890.70. acres developed for Horticulture purposes.
4. 10512.73 acres developed for Govt. & Semi Govt. & for other Organization for providing public facilities.
5. 6583.31 acres for slum and JJ (MCD).
6. 5806.15 acres for Cooperative Societies (CHBS).
7. 281.91 acres for 100m Road Narela Project 2
8. 14.38 acres for 80m Road Narela Project
9. 87.50 acres for utilization in Delhi Noida Bridge
10. 1013.80 acres balance with DDA.

DDA has constructed or facilitated the construction of more than 10.65 lakh dwelling units hereby ensuring shelter for more than half of the population of Delhi.

DDA has developed commercial facilities in 7 Districts Centres, 27 Community Centres and 125 Convenient Shopping Centres.

DDA has so far allotted land for various social, cultural, educational, and religious purposes.

DDA believes in Green Delhi and has earmarked 5050.97 hectares of green land is under DDA jurisdiction which is divided into 4 regional parks, 25 City Forests, 111 Districts Parks, 225 Neighborhood Parks, 28 Play Fields, and 12 Sports Complexes.

Developing sub-cities within the city- Dwarka is one such project which has an area of about 5648 hectares and will have its own university campus, police stations, schools, commercial spaces and every other amenity.

1)First Master Plan (1962-1981)

It was the first step towards modern planning in India which ensured poised development of Delhi by building new residential extension areas that resulted in self-reliance with a healthy and secure environment.

2)Second Master Plan (1981-2001)

Based on the experience of the plan and to cater to the increasing population & changing requirements of the city up to the year 2001, extensive modifications to MPD-1962 were made under Section 11-A of the DD Act and the Master Plan for Delhi - 2001 was prepared by inhouse professionals of DDA.

3)Third Master Plan (2001-present)

From a quantitative perspective, the DDA did transform during the last decade of the second master plan, moving towards an increasingly private model of development. The Master Plan 2021reflects many of these shifts, introducing a new emphasis on public-private partnerships (PPPs)as a development tool.

1. DDA aimed at making the land-owning agency a” paperless” organisation. One of the initiatives is e-mutation of properties, which is likely to benefit lakhs of people in the city.
2. Delhi lieutenant governor inaugurated 6 major e-governance initiatives by the Delhi Development Authority which are as follows:-

a.    E-office

b.    Physical file tracking

c.     ‘Provakil’ Application for Court Case Monitoring

d.    Online Record Room Management

e.    Online E-Mutation

f.     Online Allotment of staff quarters.

3.   Land pooling Web Portal has been launched to invite applications by the landowners for enactment of land pooling policy in which small lands are assembled to form a larger land for construction, providing residential and commercial solutions to the people of Delhi NCR.

DDA covers the entire state of Delhi, having complete control over the land-related matters. The National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi comprises of 11 Administrative Districts.

Under Section-6 of the Delhi Development Act of 1957, DDA has the following objectives:

·      To formulate a Master Plan for the development of Delhi and work accordingly;

·      To possess, manage and dispose of land and other property;

·      To carry out building, engineering, mining and other operations.

• Phase I: It consists of 58 stations and covers  65.1kms of route length.
• Phase II: It includes 87 stations with total distance of 124.9 kms.
• Phase III: It consists of 109 stations with route length of 159.68kms.
• Phase IV: This Phase comprises of two lines; one is Rapid metro which includes 11 stations with distance of 11 kms and the other is Aqua line which consists of 21 stations with route length of 29.70 kms.