New Noida (DNGIR) Land Acquisition: Compensation Rates, Villages and Current Status

Acquisition model: consent, not compulsion

The acquisition will be carried out through mutual consent with farmers. A physical survey verifying boundaries, land use, crops and structures will follow before officers meet farmers to secure land through mutual consent rather than forced acquisition.

Four lekhpals (revenue officials) have been deployed for fieldwork, while another is expected to join shortly. They will verify khasra numbers, ownership and co-ownership records, and inheritance claims before the acquisition begins. Officials said farmers need to bring and sign a consent letter, land title documents such as Khasra-khatauni, and a no-dues document. Once these are signed, the authority will process the applications and acquire the land.

Officials will hold meetings with farmers and landowners to explain the project, compensation policy and acquisition process before securing the land.

Current compensation rates

Compensation has been set at Rs 4,300 per sq m, in line with rates fixed for the Noida International Airport project. This is the revised compensation rate payable to farmers for land acquisition, matching the rate offered by the Yamuna Authority.

The rate was revised upward following Supreme Court intervention over stalled compensation disputes, with the Authority clearing farmer compensation on par with Yamuna Authority rates during its 222nd board meeting. The issue of land acquisition was successfully resolved during the Noida Authority's 222nd Board Meeting, where 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. This compensation proposal was formally presented to and approved by the Board.

For context on the rate's origin: the state government increased the compensation rate for land acquisition under the third phase of the Noida airport project from Rs 3,100 to Rs 4,300 per square meter, along with additional interest as per norms. New Noida's rate was pegged to this revised airport-linked figure rather than set independently.

Villages covered

New Noida covers 209.11 sq km across 84 villages, with 63 in Bulandshahr and 21 in Gautam Budh Nagar, notified on 18 October 2024. The village count has grown since the project was first drawn up: the DNGIR had earlier listed only 80 villages, but the authority later added four more villages.

In the first phase, through consent-based acquisition, the Noida authority will acquire land from 24 villages located in Bulandshahr and 13 in Gautam Buddh Nagar. The opening phase takes in Jokhabad, Sanwali, Kaithara, Kishanpur, Muradabad and Nawada, among others. The proposed land in the Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr was inspected, along with land in Jokhabed village, which is set to host a temporary office for the Noida Authority to oversee land acquisition and development activities.

Budget allocated

An allocation of ₹800 crore has been earmarked for the first phase of land acquisition. This is a more recent, project-specific figure agreed at the Authority's 222nd board meeting.

An earlier, broader provision exists from the 2023-24 Noida Authority budget: the Noida Authority earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for acquisition of land for the area to be known as 'New Noida'. The authority also made a provision of Rs 500 crore for land acquisition in the existing Noida area, while it set aside Rs 1,906 crore for infrastructure and development work. These two figures come from different board meetings roughly three years apart and should not be added together as a single total.

Disputes and farmer negotiations

The compensation figure now in force was not the Authority's original offer. The rate was revised upward following Supreme Court intervention over stalled compensation disputes before the Authority settled on the ₹4,300/sq m figure. The dispute forced the Authority to align New Noida's rate with the Yamuna Authority/airport-linked rate rather than a lower, independently set figure.

Farmer agitation over land compensation is a long-running pattern across Noida-area authorities generally, not unique to DNGIR. Thousands of villagers, including women and the elderly, have previously marched to press demands for hiked compensation and developed plots in lieu of land acquired by local development authorities in Noida and Greater Noida. Separately, the Supreme Court has also ordered scrutiny of how Noida Authority has historically calculated and paid compensation on other (non-DNGIR) parcels: the Supreme Court ordered an SIT probe into alleged irregularities in payment of compensation to land owners by Noida Authority, forming a new special investigation team of IPS officers after the earlier SIT highlighted irregularities in land acquisition compensation payouts. That probe concerns past compensation cases elsewhere in Noida's jurisdiction, not the DNGIR villages specifically, but it is relevant background on the scrutiny the Authority's land-compensation process is currently under.

No village-specific boycott, court stay, or rate rejection has been reported for the Phase 1 DNGIR villages as of August 2026; the process so far has been described as proceeding on a consent basis with survey and negotiation meetings ahead of formal acquisition.

Current stage (as of August 2026)

As of end-July 2026, the land acquisition process for the New Noida project was set to commence, with authorities also taking action against illegal constructions in the floodplain area nearby. Noida Authority officials said the land acquisition process would start within seven to ten days, to be carried out through mutual consent with farmers.

According to Noida Authority officials, the survey and acquisition process is expected to commence within the next week, with additional revenue officers being appointed to accelerate the exercise. The Authority is deploying three dedicated tehsildars (revenue officers) and setting up a temporary on-site office in New Noida to manage the land acquisition and subsequent development work.

In short: notification and rate-fixing are complete; village-level survey (khasra verification, ownership checks, physical boundary/asset documentation) and consent camps are the live, current-stage activity for the 37 Phase 1 villages. Actual registry of land and disbursal of compensation to individual farmers had not been confirmed as complete for any village as of this writing.

Master plan context: phasing and land use

The development will occur in four phases, starting with 3,165 hectares by 2027, and will allocate 40% of the land for industrial use. Further phases will be rolled out between 2027 and 2041, with 3,798 hectares to be developed by 2032, 5,908 hectares by 2037, and 8,230 hectares by 2041.

The DNGIR Master Plan 2041 allocates 40% for industrial use, 13% for residential, and 18% for green spaces. Enhanced connectivity via road, rail, and the upcoming Noida International Airport is expected to drive economic growth and infrastructure development.