4 min readNew DelhiJun 16, 2026 05:11 PM IST
First published on: Jun 16, 2026 at 04:31 AM IST
The horizon year for the Delhi Master Plan 2041, which is yet to be notified despite a five-year delay, may get changed to 2047. This is one of the several aspects under consideration apart from issues related to the land pooling policy, green development area policy and the Yamuna O-Zone, an eco-sensitive protected floodplain in Delhi, The Indian Express has learnt.
The Central government is holding discussions on these aspects at the highest level, said sources. āThese plans are prepared with a vision of 20 years. Since the plan has already been delayed by five years now, there are discussions on whether we should change the horizon year to 2047. Nothing has been finalised yet,ā said a source. The horizon year refers to the year in which the government aims to fulfill its long-term goals.
Changing the horizon year to 2047 will also align the plan with Prime Minister Narendra Modiās vision of India becoming a developed nation by 2047. āAs far as policies are concerned, population projections till the new year will have to be taken into account,ā sources with knowledge of the development said.
The Delhi Master Plan 2041 was approved by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on February 28, 2023, and sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) for notification on April 13, 2023. Since then, several deadlines have been missed, including the 100-day deadline set by the MoHUA after the Modi government was elected for the third term.
The DDA and the LGās Office did not respond to queries sent by The Indian Express regarding the expected revision.
At the beginning of this month, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal had said that the Master Plan 2041 would be finalised after one ālast meetingā to be chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. āWe have completed the work and submitted itā¦Just two-three final suggestions from there have to be incorporated and one last final meeting will be held…,ā he had said.
The discussions on the possible revisions come in the backdrop of the meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB), which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday. At the meeting, officials concerned are expected to take a final call to draft the NCR Regional Plan-2041, which has faced similar delays.
Among others, policy on how the government intends to deal with unauthorised colonies in Yamunaās O-Zone, which houses over five lakh people is set to be in spotlight in the wake of Delhi High Court order last month that residential colonies in the eco-sensitive floodplain are ācompletely impermissibleā. In the absence of the full notification, the government has introduced key policy changes to Delhi’s urban planning framework in recent months.
In April, MoHUA had notified the new Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy for Delhi, which is expected to open up large swathes of land near Metro corridors to high density development. The government had also announced the decision to regularise 1,511 unauthorised colonies of Delhi on an āas-is-where-is basisā, removing the prerequisite of having an approved layout plan.
The government is also formulating a new policy for in-situ slum rehabilitation. The Indian Express had reported earlier that the Delhi government is planning a revision in its new slum rehabilitation policy ā to extend the cut-off date in the current policy by around 10 years from January 1, 2015, to January 1, 2025. Drafted under the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the first Master Plan for Delhi was announced in 1962, followed by Master Plans of 2001 and 2021. The Delhi Master Plan 2021 had also missed deadlines and it was notified in 2007.
The Delhi Master Plan 2041 was approved by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on February 28, 2023. 
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