The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) recently released the Draft Delhi Master Plan, 2041 and has invited comments and objections from the general public. When read on its own, the Master Plan draft is, at most levels, a repetition of the objectives as stated in the 2021 Master Plan. However, it is important to recognise the significance of this Master Plan as being the first one since the passing of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021; and dissect the impact that the Act shall have on the city’s urban development.
With regards to the vision of urban planning, the system of governance in Delhi has unambiguously been under the Union government. The DDA was established through the Delhi Development Act, 1957 and has been a body of the Union government and comes under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (LG) is also the chairman of the DDA and exercises executive powers including the right to regulatory overwrite in the Authority.
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