Namo Cities (NCR Regional Plan 2041): Master Plan Status Tracker

What the Namo Cities proposal actually is

Four new greenfield cities, called Namo Cities or Namo Nodes, are proposed under the National Capital Region Regional Plan 2041. One Namo City is planned in each of the four NCR participating states: Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. These cities will be developed as mixed-use Transit-Oriented Developments at selected existing and proposed stations on the Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit System lines.

Coverage of the announcement is not entirely consistent on whether these are pure greenfield sites or built around existing stations. Some reporting describes them as four semi-greenfield cities, to be developed as mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) hubs at selected existing and proposed stations on the Namo Bharat lines. Since the exact stations/sites have not been chosen, this distinction cannot yet be resolved with certainty.

The cities are planned along the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor and are envisioned as modern, environmentally sustainable and self-reliant urban centres, each functioning as an integrated urban hub with housing, commercial establishments, employment opportunities, healthcare facilities, educational institutions and other essential civic infrastructure.

Planning horizon and current status (as of July 2026)

The NCR Regional Plan 2041 is the long-term planning document for the region up to the year 2041, covering urban expansion, transport connectivity, environmental management, and balanced regional development. The Namo Cities proposal was announced on 16 June 2026 after the 42nd board meeting of the NCR Planning Board.

That meeting left the Regional Plan-2041 just a step away from formal adoption, with another meeting expected in August, as reported by The Tribune. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal said another meeting would be held after two months, following which the plan would be finalised. This means, as of this writing, the plan — and the Namo Cities within it — remains a draft proposal, not a notified statutory plan.

The base document itself has a longer history: the NCRPB issued a notice dated 09.12.2021 inviting objections and suggestions on the Draft Regional Plan 2041 from the public. The Namo Cities concept is a newer addition layered onto that older draft during 2026 board discussions.

Total planned area vs. area actually defined so far

No official total area, per-city hectare figure, or site boundary for any Namo City has been published. What exists at present is regional-scale context, not city-specific area data:

• The current NCR planning area is 55,083 sq km, covering Delhi and the adjoining participating districts of Haryana, UP and Rajasthan.
• The NCR Planning Board decided to retain the existing geographical boundaries of the region, with all 32 districts currently included within the NCR continuing to remain part of it.
• To identify suitable locations for the four greenfield cities, the NCR Planning Board has constituted a dedicated committee. Until this committee's site selections are finalised through the state-level challenge process, there is no defined "total planned area" or "area to be developed by a target year" for any individual Namo City.

Any hectare figures circulating for a specific Namo City site should be treated as unverified until the NCRPB or the relevant state authority publishes a notified site plan.

Land-use split — not yet documented for Namo Cities

No percentage land-use breakdown (residential/commercial/industrial/green space etc.) specific to any Namo City has been published as of July 2026. The only land-use structure that is documented is the region-wide policy-zone framework used in the broader NCR Regional Plan, which the Namo Cities will presumably sit within once sites are chosen:

• The Regional Plan framework defines policy zones — NCT Delhi; the Central National Capital Region (CNCR); Highway Corridor Zones; a Natural Conservation Zone; and the Rest of NCR.
• NCT Delhi's area is intended to remain static at 1,483 sq km, with no scope for horizontal expansion.
• The CNCR is redefined as the area from the NCT Delhi boundary out to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway and KMP expressway, plus 5 km beyond the outer edge of that expressway ring.

Design intent for the Namo Cities themselves is described only in general, qualitative terms so far — integrating residential neighbourhoods, commercial districts, business parks, educational institutions, healthcare facilities and public amenities around RRTS stations, promoting compact urban development while reducing dependence on private vehicles — rather than as a quantified land-use table. This page will be updated with a percentage split once one is officially published.

Phasing and candidate locations

No phased hectare-by-hectare rollout schedule exists yet for any Namo City. What is documented is the selection mechanism and the funding timeline, not a construction phasing plan:

• State governments will submit proposals, and the final locations will be selected through a competitive challenge-based process.
• Uttar Pradesh has suggested Jewar, Dadri, Khurja, Bulandshahr, and Noida as possible locations.
• Rajasthan is examining areas around Alwar and Bharatpur for its proposed city.
• Khattar said the states would compete for these projects through a challenge-based selection process, with ₹5,000 crore proposed to be released over five years to support their development.

The scheme will include a performance-linked incentive of ₹5,000 crore as a blend of grant, loan, and guarantee, including a ₹1,000 crore grant, intended to catalyse the growth nodes. Analysts have flagged execution risk given the multi-state structure: Namo Bharat RRTS is currently operational only on one route, Delhi–Meerut, and there is not yet clarity on funding and plans for the other corridors. Separately, the plan also references a wider network of "counter magnet cities" intended to absorb migration and economic activity outside the most congested parts of the NCR, including Ambala, Hisar, Jaipur, Kota, Patiala-Rajpura, Kanpur-Lucknow, Bareilly, Gwalior and Dehradun — a distinct, older category of city from the four new Namo Cities.

Population and employment targets

Population targets exist at the whole-NCR level, not as a specific allocation to the four Namo Cities individually: official estimates put the region's population at 147.3 million by 2041, up from 78.6 million at present. The draft plan document itself notes huge population growth with high urbanisation, with 67% urbanisation expected by 2041.

Wider infrastructure ambition tied to the plan is large: the Regional Plan 2041 is likely to unlock investments worth ₹20 lakh crore across housing, transport, logistics and civic infrastructure. No standalone employment-generation target (jobs to be created) has been published specifically for the Namo Cities program; figures describing "job creation" in media coverage refer to the broader Regional Plan 2041 vision, not a Namo City-specific KPI.

Planning authority and technical inputs

The lead body is the statutory NCR Planning Board. The NCR Planning Board prepares regional plans for land use, transport, urban growth, and infrastructure coordination across the region. Proposals were reviewed at the 42nd NCRPB meeting, chaired by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal.

Under the Board's own procedure, the Board prepares a draft Regional Plan with the assistance of the Planning Committee and publishes it for objections and suggestions before finalising it. On the technical-assistance side, the Asian Development Bank approved a technical assistance concept for "Strengthening Regional Plan and Functional Plan Preparation in National Capital Region" in September 2021, indicating external planning support fed into the Regional Plan 2041 process. No dedicated master-planning consultant has been named publicly for the Namo Cities component specifically — that will likely follow once each state's winning site is confirmed.

Where to find the official documents

For primary-source material, go directly to the NCR Planning Board rather than news summaries:

• NCRPB's Draft Regional Plan 2041 (English, full text and annexures) — hosted on ncrpb.nic.in.
• NCRPB's Draft Regional Plan 2041 landing/notice page, which carries objection/consultation notices — ncrpb.nic.in.
• NCRPB's "Regional Plan: preparation and finalization" page, explaining the statutory draft-to-final process under the NCRPB Act, 1985.

As of July 2026, there is no separate, standalone "Namo Cities master plan" document published by NCRPB, MoHUA or NCRTC — the concept currently exists only within 42nd board meeting minutes/press briefings and the still-unfinalised Regional Plan 2041 draft. Check the NCRPB website periodically for a formal notification once the plan and site selections are finalised.