Overview
- The Master Plan for Delhi 2047 was formally notified and unveiled by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal on August 20, 2026, ending a multi-year drafting process and placing implementation responsibility with the DDA and a newly created Department of Capital Development.
- The plan sets a central housing target of about 30–40 lakh new dwelling units to prepare for a projected population of roughly 3.2 crore by 2047 and promotes supply through land pooling, Transit-Oriented Development corridors and area-based regeneration of unauthorised colonies.
- Public transport is a core pillar, with a planned expansion of the metro network to about 695 km, six new RRTS corridors and major multimodal hubs at Anand Vihar, Sarai Kale Khan and Kashmere Gate to concentrate higher-density housing and reduce travel times.
- Environmental measures include formal protection of roughly 180 sq km of Yamuna floodplains and the Ridge, interception and treatment of 22 drains entering the Yamuna, and designation of the active floodplain as a no-construction zone.
- The plan signals a regulatory shift toward development-led growth by easing height and FAR controls in many areas and allowing FAR up to 350 for regeneration projects, but officials and analysts say funding, legal changes, heritage safeguards and inter-agency capacity will determine how much of the blueprint is built.