Lok Sabha Question No. 993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Eligibility for Land Pooling Policy
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 993 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 05, 2026

## ELIGIBILITY FOR LAND POOLING POLICY

NO. 993.

SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the rationale for fixing the eligibility threshold of two hectares for the Land Pooling Policy under the Delhi Development Act, 1957;
- (b) the number of farmers owning two or more hectares of land in Delhi and the share of land held by such farmers in comparison to the total land eligible for land pooling;
- (c) the details of the financial obligations imposed on participating landowners, including development charges or other levies;
- (d) the  details  of  Expressions  of  Interest  received  from  individual  farmers including those accepted, withdrawn or pending and complaints received since 2019, year wise;
- (e) whether the design of the Policy has resulted in concentration of pooled land with a limited number of large private developers and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether beneficiaries of land allotted under the Twenty-Point Programme (1974) in Delhi enjoy full ownership rights, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) whether the Government proposes to confer such ownership rights to the beneficiaries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) Delhi  Development  Authority  (DDA)  has  informed  that  the  limit  of  two hectares has been set for the Developer Entity to ensure efficient planning and adequate return of land for development under this policy. This limit is to provide efficient laying of networks & services, roads, public parks &  greens,  neighborhood  level  facilities,  to  avoid  small  sub-division  of plots,  financial  viability  for  development  and  optimal  utilization  of  land parcels. However, there is no minimum eligibility threshold for participating in land pooling policy.
- (b) DDA has informed that under the Land Pooling Policy, owners of private land pool their land parcels. The land-ownership records of private land in land pooling areas are not maintained by DDA.
- (c) DDA has provided the following list of charges, fees and levies:

- i. External Development Charges (EDC)
- ii. Internal Development Charges (IDC)
- iii. Extension  charges  on  account  of  extension  of  the  Final  Development License (FDL) if the development is not completed within stipulated time period of 10 years as per the Regulations of 2018.
- iv. Deficiency Charges will be paid by the Developer Entity (DE)/Consortium to Urban Local Body (ULB) at the time of handing over of the services to the ULB.
- v. Application/scrutiny /processing fee at the time of expression of willingness for participation, during preparation of Sector Land Distribution Plan (SLDP), during submission of layout plan of the sector for approval by DDA and during issuance of Provisional Development License (PDL) and FDL.
6. (d) DDA has informed that there is no provision of Expression of Interest from  Individual  Farmers  under  the  Land  Pooling  Policy.  However,  the landowners  express  their  willingness  for  participation  under  the  Land Pooling Policy, the year-wise details of which since 2019 are as under:
7. (e) DDA has  informed  that  under  the  Land  Pooling  Policy,  owners  of private land pool their land parcels. The land-ownership records of private land in land pooling areas are not maintained by DDA.
8. (f) The  matter  comes  under  the  purview  of  Government  of  National Capital Territory of Delhi. Further, Delhi Government has informed that the details of beneficiaries where mutation have been done are as mentioned below:
9. (g) Presently, there is no such proposal under consideration.

| Year   |   Total no. of applications received |   Area in (Ha.) |
|--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2019   |                                 6069 |         6407.58 |
| 2020   |                                  562 |          521.41 |
| 2021   |                                  230 |          291.35 |
| 2022   |                                  242 |          191.96 |
| 2023   |                                  127 |           96.93 |
| 2024   |                                  145 |          124.13 |
| 2025   |                                  184 |          189.21 |
|        |                                 7559 |         7822.57 |

| Sr. No.   | Districts   | Residential Plots   | Agriculture Lands   |
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | West        | -----               | 140                 |
| 2.        | North       | 43                  | 214                 |
| 3.        | South       | 749                 | 213                 |
| 4.        | South-West  | 999                 | -----               |
| Total     | Total       | 1791                | 567                 |

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