New Noida (DNGIR) Master Plan: Area, Phases, Land Use & Targets

Scale: total plan area vs. area developed by each target year

The DNGIR master plan is not built out all at once. The full notified planning area is reported as approximately 209.11 sq km, which different official-adjacent summaries convert to roughly 20,911 to 21,101 hectares. The land of 80 villages will be purchased in order to establish New Noida, which will occupy 209.11 square kilometres, or 20,000 911.29 hectares, for which a notification will also be issued. A separate contemporaneous report put the approved figure at 21,101 hectares. This small variance across sources likely reflects rounding and survey updates rather than a plan change, so treat the area as "approximately 209 sq km / ~21,000 hectares" rather than an exact number.

Crucially, this total is a 2041 end-state, not the area developed at any earlier date. The development will occur in four phases, with the first phase targeting the acquisition of 3,165 hectares by 2027. Subsequent phases will expand the project area, with plans to acquire nearly 21,000 hectares by 2041. In other words, only about 15% of the eventual planning area is targeted for the first phase; the remaining ~85% is added progressively over the following phases.

Phased development: hectares and target years

The Noida Authority's draft, prepared with planning support, divides DNGIR into four phases with cumulative land added at each stage:

• Phase 1 (by 2027): The first phase, covering 3,165 hectares of land, is set to be completed by 2027.
• Phase 2 (2027–2032): The second phase, scheduled between 2027 and 2032, will add another 3,798 hectares.
• Phase 3 (by 2037): The third phase will expand the development by 5,908 hectares by 2037, taking cumulative area to roughly 12,871 hectares.
• Phase 4 (by 2041): the fourth phase adds a further block of land — reported across sources as roughly 8,230 hectares — the fourth and final phase will bring the total land use to 8,230 hectares by 2041. Read together with the cumulative Phase 1–3 figures, this final increment is what takes the project to its full ~21,000-hectare footprint by 2041, rather than the plan shrinking back to 8,230 hectares at completion. Readers should treat the exact phase-4 wording found across public sources with some caution, since it is inconsistently phrased, but the cumulative arithmetic (3,165 + 3,798 + 5,908 + 8,230 ≈ 21,101 ha) lines up with the total planning-area figure reported for the approved plan.

Land-use split

The approved plan sets out a land-use allocation that is consistently reported across multiple summaries of the Noida Authority draft:

• The master plan designates 40% of the land for industries, 13% for residential projects, and 18% for green and recreational areas.
• Other allocations include 4% for commercial use, 8% for public institutions, and the remainder for various development projects, which other summaries attribute mainly to roads and transportation infrastructure.
• Education gets specific emphasis within the institutional category: Authorities have allocated 1,662 hectares, around nine percent of the land, for educational institutions.

Because different secondary sources round the institutional/education and roads shares slightly differently (8% vs 9%, and roads sometimes shown as a separate 15% line), treat the percentages below as indicative of the plan's broad industrial-led character rather than a precise, final zoning schedule.

Population and economic goals

With an anticipated population of around 600,000, New Noida will feature commercial and institutional zones alongside its industrial core. No official, sourced numeric employment target (e.g., total jobs to be created) was found in the material reviewed; public materials describe the industrial zoning and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor linkage in qualitative terms only. As part of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), it will connect key industrial clusters, enhance trade logistics, and create vast employment opportunities. A logistics hub is also planned: A 1,500-hectare logistics hub is also planned near Chola station, conveniently located near the airport.

Planner, authority and approval process

The master plan has been driven by the Noida Authority, with planning input from the School of Planning and Architecture. The School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) has been working on the plan. It presented the draft plan to the Noida Authority, suggesting a few amendments. A GIS-based system underpins the plan for investor-facing information: According to the officials of the Noida Authority, it will develop a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the project to attract industrial units, including industrial estates, agro-based industries, food processing zones, skill development centres, knowledge hubs, logistics hubs and integrated townships. The officials said that SAP would prepare the master plan using a geographical information system (GIS) to help investors access plot and infrastructure information.

On timeline: It was submitted to the government for approval on January 12, 2024, following a request for objections in September 2023. The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has given its approval. Now that the state government has given its approval, the master plan's development will get underway. Following approval, authorities have also allocated a budget of 1000 crore for land acquisition from 80 villages. As of early 2026, land survey and acquisition activity in Bulandshahr-area villages was reported to be underway, though Phase 1's 2027 target had not yet been reached.

Roads and connectivity framework

The plan includes a tiered internal road hierarchy: New Noida will feature a three-tier road network integrated through the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNIGR). Key roadways of this network include one arterial road of 40.68 km, a second arterial road of 98.34 km, and a 126.09 km sector road. These roads will be interconnected through a broad 130-meter grid road to ensure seamless transportation across the city. The region also sits along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Dedicated Freight Corridor alignments and near the under-development Noida International Airport at Jewar, which planners cite as a driver of the industrial zoning.

Where to find the official plan documents

The Noida Authority (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority) publishes master-plan material on its official website, including a section on the master plan for Noida, and has previously hosted a draft DNGIR 2041 master-plan report on its site. Government of Uttar Pradesh's investment portal has also archived press coverage of the approval. Readers seeking the primary planning document, land-use maps, or the formally notified village list should check:

• Noida Authority official website — master plan section
• Noida Authority document repository — draft DNGIR 2041 master plan report (as previously published by the Authority)
• Invest UP (Government of Uttar Pradesh investment portal) — archived press summaries of the DNGIR approval

We do not reproduce the plan document itself here; consult the links in the Sources section below for the original filings and any subsequent notifications, since village lists and exact phase boundaries can be amended after public objections.