Noida Authority Fixes Land Acquisition Rate at ₹4,300 per sq m for New Noida (DNGIR)

What was decided

The Noida Authority fixed the land acquisition rate for the New Noida project — formally the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNGIR) — at Rs 4,300 per square metre. The Authority fixed the land acquisition rates at Rs 4,300 per sq m, aligning with the revised rates announced by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) for the Jewar Airport project. In the month of April, the Noida Authority fixed land acquisition rates for the project at Rs 4,300 per sqm, matching the revised rates set by the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) for the Jewar Airport project.

Which body decided, and when

One property-industry report identifies the forum as the Noida Authority's 222nd Board Meeting, at which the Authority revised the compensation rate payable to farmers for land acquisition to ₹4,300 per square meter, matching the rate offered by the Yamuna Authority, with the compensation proposal formally presented to and approved by the Board. Multiple outlets place the decision in April 2026, describing it as a resolution to a long-running land-rate dispute rather than a fresh policy announcement. The administration agreed to offer compensation to farmers at the same level as the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority, resolving a long-pending land acquisition issue that had become a major concern for both villagers and authorities.

Why this rate, and why now

The Rs 4,300/sqm figure is not a new number invented for New Noida — it mirrors YEIDA's own airport-belt rate. YEIDA increased land acquisition rates in Jewar (Gautam Budh Nagar district) to 4,300 per square meter, inclusive of 100% solatium (compensation for landowners). That YEIDA rate was itself set earlier: the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority held its 84th Board Meeting on March 28, 2025, chaired by its Chairman, focusing on revising land pricing policies among other agenda items.

Farmers in the DNGIR villages had pushed back against earlier, lower offers. Earlier airport-linked land acquisition phases used lower compensation benchmarks, including Rs 3,100 per sqm in a previous phase; by setting New Noida's benchmark at Rs 4,300 per sqm, Noida Authority has brought the project closer to YEIDA's latest standard in the wider airport-expressway growth belt. Farmers in several villages had been unwilling to part with their land because they felt earlier compensation did not match market expectations, and there were multiple rounds of meetings, protests, and negotiations before the rate was revised.

Operative details: area, villages and boundaries

The rate applies within the DNGIR planning area notified under the New Noida Master Plan. The authority notified the area measuring 209.11 square km across 84 villages on October 18, 2024, of which 63 are in Bulandshahr and 21 are in Gautam Budh Nagar. Sikandrabad town in Bulandshahr district is not part of the DNGIR planning area, though the planning area does include parts of Sikandrabad Industrial Area I and Sikandrabad Industrial Area II.

Acquisition is being rolled out village by village rather than across the whole notified area at once. The Noida Authority has initiated the land acquisition process covering 37 villages in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Bulandshahr for DNGIR, with the first phase — through consent-based acquisition — covering 24 villages in Bulandshahr and 13 in Gautam Buddh Nagar. Named villages taken up include Anandpur, Bel Akbarpur, Kot, Milak Khandera, Phoolpur and Sainthali in Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Birondi Fauladpur, Birondi Tajpur, Kokhabad, Kaithara, Kishanpur, Muradabad and Nawada in Bulandshahr, among others.

One report gives a different village split (20 in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 60 in Bulandshahr) and cites a first-phase target of around 3165 hectares of land targeted to be acquired and developed by the financial year 2027 — a figure that lines up with the Phase 1 footprint (3,165 hectares by 2027) described in the wider Master Plan 2041 phasing.

Money and machinery behind the decision

Reports differ slightly on the budget attached to this round of acquisition. One account states an allocation of ₹800 crore has been earmarked for the first phase of land acquisition, while another separately reports the authority has already set aside a budget of Rs 1000 crore for land acquisition. Both figures should be treated as reported, not independently confirmed against an official order.

To execute the acquisition, the Authority is adding local administrative capacity: the Noida Authority has requested the government to deploy as many as three tehsildars in the marked area to speed up the land acquisition process, and will set up a temporary office in New Noida to initiate the process. Officer on special duty Kranti Shekhar Singh described the first-phase mechanics directly: "The land from 24 villages in Bulandshahr and 13 in Gautam Buddh Nagar - will be acquired in the first phase through consent-based acquisition."

Practical effect and what happens next

The rate decision converts a stalled, dispute-prone process into one the Authority expects to actually execute. The acquisition will follow a consent-based model, meaning landowners will have the opportunity to discuss and agree on compensation rather than having it imposed — an approach aimed at reducing disputes, making the process faster, and ensuring fair compensation for those affected.

On timing, the land acquisition process is expected to start in June this year. Once land is in hand, marked land will be acquired and landowners compensated, after which the Authority will develop infrastructure such as roads, drainage systems, sewage networks, power supply and water pipelines, before industrial plots are marked and allotted to manufacturers and logistics firms.

Industry commentary frames this as a confidence signal rather than a start-of-construction milestone: for investors and developers, the Rs 4,300 benchmark makes project costing in the New Noida corridor slightly more predictable, but this should still be treated as a long-term development story — New Noida remains earlier in the acquisition and development cycle than YEIDA's already-active airport-belt schemes.

Background: what DNGIR / New Noida is

DNGIR is a planned new city, not a single scheme. DNGIR — named after the three areas it connects: Dadri, Noida, and Ghaziabad — was first announced by the State government in January 2021, as a large-scale plan under Master Plan 2041 aimed at boosting industrial and urban growth along this corridor. The 'New Noida' area was formally approved by the Uttar Pradesh government to encompass 84 villages of Dadri and Bulandshahr under the Master Plan, with development of the Dadri Noida Ghaziabad Investment Region to begin under the new plan. The Master Plan 2041 was placed before the Authority's 210th board meeting, per the Noida Authority ACEO, with objections invited in September 2023 before it was sent to the state government for approval on 12 January 2024.

According to the Master Plan's own phasing (separate from the current acquisition rate decision), the project is meant to be built out over four stages: Phase 1 covering 3,165 hectares, completed by 2027; Phase 2 covering 3,798 hectares between 2027 and 2032; Phase 3 covering 5,908 hectares by 2037; and total land use reaching 8,230 hectares by 2041. As of mid-2026, the region carried a population of 151,778 according to the 2011 Census of India.