YEIDA Board Revises Mutual-Consent Land Purchase Rate for Farmers to Rs 4,558/sqm

What was decided

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) on Monday took several important proposals related to industrial development, medical education, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, transportation, sports and farmers at its 92nd Board meeting in Greater Noida, according to a statement. Among the farmer-related items, the Board approved a revision to the rate paid for land bought through mutual consent — a route YEIDA uses to acquire land directly from willing sellers rather than through compulsory acquisition.

In view of rapid industrial and infrastructure development in the region, the Board approved a proposal to revise land purchase rates from farmers on mutual consent. Under the proposal, the existing rate for purchasing land through mutual consent for planned development in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bulandshahr districts under Phase-1 of the Authority has been increased from Rs 4,300 per square metre to Rs 4,558 per square metre.

Operative details: the rate structure

The rate has been increased from Rs 4,300 to Rs 4,558 per square metre, representing a 6 per cent increase. An alternative rate of Rs 4,037 per square metre along with 7% abadi plots has also been determined.

• Standard mutual-consent rate: Rs 4,558 per sq. metre (cash), replacing the earlier Rs 4,300 per sq. metre benchmark.
• Alternative package: Rs 4,037 per sq. metre plus a 7% abadi (residential) plot allocation — giving farmers a choice between a higher cash-only rate or a lower cash rate combined with a plot entitlement.
• Geographic scope: the rate paid to farmers through mutual consent in Gautam Buddha Nagar and Bulandshahr districts, within Phase-1 of YEIDA's notified area.

The previous Rs 4,300 per sq. metre rate itself dated to an earlier revision that had brought Jewar-area acquisition rates in Gautam Budh Nagar in line with a 2016 state government order. That order required uniform land rates within a district regardless of local market variation, a rule following a 2016 Uttar Pradesh government order mandating uniform land rates within districts, regardless of market variations, after farmers had long demanded this change, arguing that differing rates for similar land parcels were unfair.

Practical effect

The revision applies to future land purchases YEIDA makes through the mutual-consent (negotiated purchase) route in the two districts, rather than to land already acquired under the old rate. For farmers, it means a higher floor price when they agree to sell land voluntarily to the authority, along with a formal second option — a lower per-square-metre cash payment paired with a 7% abadi plot — that some landowning families may prefer for long-term value over a one-time cash sum.

The change comes as YEIDA continues large-scale land assembly in the districts around the Noida International Airport at Jewar to support the industrial, medical, education and township projects also cleared at the same 92nd Board meeting, including a medical hub, university township and a Taiwan-focused industrial cluster in the wider Yamuna City/YEIDA region.

Other infrastructure decision at the same meeting: Karban river culvert

At the same sitting, the Board also cleared a road-infrastructure item unrelated to land rates. The Board also approved the construction of a culvert (minor bridge) over the Karban River on the service road at Chainage 161.21 of the Yamuna Expressway in Agra, within the YEIDA area.

This culvert is a minor-bridge structure on the expressway's service road rather than on the main carriageway, intended to maintain service-road connectivity across the Karban River crossing in the Agra section of YEIDA's jurisdiction.

Context: the 92nd Board Meeting

The 92nd Board Meeting of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) held on Monday. The meeting reviewed the Authority's financial figures and approved several important development projects. In the financial year 2025-26, receipts up to 31 July stood at Rs 974.37 crore, while in 2026-27 the same figure rose to Rs 1,853.74 crore — an increase of 90.25 per cent.

Besides the farmer land-rate revision and the Karban river culvert, the same meeting cleared a slate of large institutional and industrial proposals: the establishment of a medical college on 500 acres in Sectors 13 and 14, a university/township on 480 acres in Sector 14, 36 acres in Sector 34, and a modern international stadium on 50 acres in Sector 23B, along with an international bus stand proposed in Sector 23B near Noida Airport.

What this does not change

The 17 August 2026 decision is a rate revision for the voluntary/mutual-consent purchase mechanism only. It is distinct from YEIDA's separate allotment rates for residential, commercial and industrial plots sold to developers and end-users, which are set through a different annual process. It is also distinct from land-acquisition rates used by other authorities in the wider National Capital Region, such as the Rs 4,300 per sq. metre benchmark separately adopted for the New Noida (DNGIR) project by Noida Authority, which set the land acquisition rate for New Noida, also known as the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, at Rs 4,300 per square metre, aligning it with the earlier YEIDA rate in the airport-area belt.