The National Capital Region (NCR) is a planning region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.[2] The NCR and the associated National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) were created in 1985 to plan the development of the region and to evolve harmonized policies for the control of land-uses and development of infrastructure in the region.[4] Prominent cities of NCR include Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Noida.
National Capital Region
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Region | |
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Coordinates: 28°39′38″N 77°06′32″E | |
Country | ![]() |
States | Haryana Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan |
Union territory | Delhi |
Created | 1985[1] |
Major cities | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Noida |
Government | |
• Regional authority | National Capital Region Planning Board |
Area | |
• Total | 55,083 km2 (21,268 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 46,069,000 |
• Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | ncrpb |
The NCR is a rural-urban region, with a population of over 46,069,000 and an urbanisation level of 62.6%.[3] As well as the cities and towns, the NCR contains ecologically sensitive areas like the Aravalli ridge, forests, wildlife and bird sanctuaries.[5] The Delhi Extended Urban Agglomeration, a part of the NCR, had an estimated GDP of $370 billion (measured in terms of GDP PPP) in 2015–16.[6]
The National Capital Region (NCR) and its planning board were created under the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985.[1] That 1985 Act defined the NCR as being the whole of Delhi; the Haryana districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad and Sonipat, Rohtak (then including Jhajjar tehsil) and the Rewari tehsil then in Mahendragarh district; and the Uttar Pradesh districts of Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut (then including Baghpat tehsil), and Ghaziabad (then including Hapur tehsil), and some part of the Rajasthan district of Alwar.[7][4] The 1985 boundary of the NCR covered an area of 34,144 square kilometres (13,183 sq mi).[3]: 3
Prior to the creation of the NCR, an area described as the Delhi Metropolitan Area (DMA) was described in the 1962 Master Plan for Delhi. That plan defined the DMA as comprising the National Capital Territory and the ring towns of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh and Loni, also certain rural areas, which had a population of the somewhat less than 2.1 million in 1951.[8] The following "Master Plan for Delhi", approved in August 1990, added Noida, Bahadurgarh and the then-proposed township of Kundli to the DMA, which consequently covered an area of 3,182 km2.[9]
Gautam Budh Nagar district was created in 1997 out of the existing NCR districts of Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr. The city of Noida was the location of the new district's headquarters.[10] Also in 1997 Baghpat district was created from Baghpat tehsil of Meerut district.[11]
In July 2013, the NCR was expanded to include three more districts, Bhiwani, and Mahendragarh in the state of Haryana, as well as Bharatpur in the state of Rajasthan. This brought the number of districts in the NCR to 19 (outside Delhi NCT), with the total NCR area increasing 34% to 45,887 km2.[12][13] Subsequently, Charkhi Dadri district was separated from Bhiwani district in 2016.[14]
On 9 June 2015, the Government of India approved the inclusion of three more districts in NCR – Jind, Panipat, Karnal in the state of Haryana and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.[15][16][17][18] covering a total area of 50,566 km2.[19] Shamli district of U.P. was added to the NCR in December 2017.[20] As of 2021, there are a total of 24 districts in the NCR, excluding the 11 districts of Delhi.
On 9 January 2018, the government of Uttar Pradesh formally proposed the extension of the NCR to cover the districts Aligarh, Bijnor, Hathras and Mathura.[21]
Under the "Draft Regional Plan 2041", it has been proposed to limit the NCR region to 100-km radius from Rajghat in Delhi for more focused and sustainable development of the region.[22][23] Government of Haryana has requested NCRPB for at least one-third reduction of its share in the NCR region.[24]
A total of 24 districts in three neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan along with whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi constitute the National Capital Region (NCR) of India.[25]
The areas and populations (per 2011 census, prior to the addition of Muzaffarnagar, Jind, Karnal and Shamli) of these component districts are set out below:[2][3]: 3, 6
State/UT | Districts | Area (km2) | Population (in thousands) |
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Delhi | Central Delhi | 1,483 | 16,788 |
East Delhi | |||
New Delhi | |||
North Delhi | |||
North East Delhi | |||
North West Delhi | |||
Shahdara | |||
South Delhi | |||
South East Delhi | |||
South West Delhi | |||
West Delhi | |||
Haryana | Bhiwani | 25,327 | 11,031 |
Charkhi Dadri | |||
Faridabad | |||
Gurgaon | |||
Jhajjar | |||
Jind | |||
Karnal | |||
Mahendragarh | |||
Nuh | |||
Palwal | |||
Panipat | |||
Rewari | |||
Rohtak | |||
Sonipat | |||
Rajasthan | Alwar | 13,447 | 3,674 |
Bharatpur | |||
Uttar Pradesh | Baghpat | 14,826 | 14,576 |
Bulandshahr | |||
Gautam Buddh Nagar | |||
Ghaziabad | |||
Hapur | |||
Meerut | |||
Muzaffarnagar | |||
Shamli | |||
Total | 55,083 | 46,069 |
The planning body for the region is the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB). It has issued two regional plans, the "Regional Plan 2001, National Capital Region" approved in 1988,[26] and the "Regional Plan 2021, National Capital Region" approved in 2005.[27] Topics covered by the 2001 plan included transport, telecommunications, power and water supply, waste and sewerage, education, health, the environment, housing and the "counter magnet" areas. The 2021 plan extended these with the additional topics of social infrastructure, heritage, tourism, rural development, and disaster management.
The 51% of pollution in NCR is caused by the industrial pollution, 27% by vehicles and 8% by crop burning, consequently there are plans to create a 1,600 km long and 5 km wide The Great Green Wall of Aravalli green ecological corridor along Aravalli range from Gujarat to Delhi to be connected to Sivalik hill range with the planting of 1.35 billion (135 crore) new native trees over 10 years.[28] About 46% of the National Capital Region, home to 40 to 50 million people, is not connected to sewage networks. Sewage from these areas flows into stormwater drains that empty directly into the Yamuna.[29]
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is a joint venture company of the Government of India and the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. The NCRTC is mandated with implementing the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region (NCR), ensuring a balanced and sustainable urban development through better connectivity and access.
The Union Cabinet approved constitution of the NCRTC under the Companies Act, 1956, in July 2013 for designing, developing, implementing, financing, operating, and maintaining the RRTS in the NCR to provide comfortable and fast transit to NCR towns and to meet the high growth in transport demand.[30][31] Accordingly, the NCRTC was incorporated on 21 August 2013.[32] Vinay Kumar Singh was appointed as the first regular managing director of the NCRTC in July 2016.[33]
Out of the eight identified RRTS corridors, the following three were prioritized for implementation by the planning commission:
The 2001 Regional Plan defined the "Delhi Metropolitan Area" (DMA) as comprising the controlled areas of contiguous towns of Ghaziabad–Loni and Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Faridabad–Ballabharh, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh, Kundli and extension of Delhi Ridge in Haryana. The total area of DMA was 1,696 km2 (655 sq mi), excluding the area of Delhi.[34][35]
Under the 2021 Regional plan, the Delhi Metropolitan Area was redesignated as "Central National Capital Region" (CNCR) wherein new areas were added. The CNCR comprises controlled areas of contiguous towns of Ghaziabad–Loni and Noida in Uttar Pradesh; Gurgaon–Manesar, Faridabad–Ballabgarh, Bahadurgarh, and Sonipat–Kundli in Haryana. The total area of CNCR (excluding NCT of Delhi) is approximately 2,000 km2 (770 sq mi).[36][35][37]
The 2021 plan estimated the 2001 population of the CNCR outside of Delhi to be over 2.8 million, while Delhi's population was 13.8 million, yielding a total CNCR population of 16.6 million.[38] As of 2016[update] the most recent population estimates have spanned 25.7 to 26.5 million people.[39][40]
The 1985 Act (§2.c and §8.f) gives the NCRCB the ability to select districts outside of the NCR to act as counter magnets, with a view to developing them further.[4]: 2, 10 Counter-magnet cities are identified as those that can be developed as alternative centres of growth and attract migrants to them rather than Delhi.[26]: 121 The criteria for selecting counter magnet towns are: that they should have their own established roots and potential of growth,[26]: 121 and should not be centres of either religious, strategic or environmental importance.[citation needed] The counter magnet cities should be given priority when allocating funding for development of land, housing and infrastructure.[26]: 126
Following are the nine Counter-Magnet Areas to NCR spread across six states:[41][42]
The National Capital Region (NCR) in India was constituted under the NCRPB Act, 1985
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