National Capital Region (India)

National Capital Region Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra NCR
Capital region
Delhi, the core of the NCR Gurgaon Noida Faridabad Ghaziabad Greater Noida
Location of the NCR in India
Map of the National Capital Region, showing the union territory of Delhi (red) and states and the boundaries of their districts. The states shown are: Haryana (green), Rajasthan (blue), and Uttar Pradesh (purple).
Coordinates: 28°39′38″N 77°06′32″E
Country	India
States	Haryana<br /> Uttar Pradesh<br /> Rajasthan
Union territory	Delhi
Created	1985<ref name="NCRPBA85"/>
Major cities	Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Noida
Government
• Regional authority	National Capital Region Planning Board
Area <ref name="ncrpb">"NCR Constituent Areas". National Capital Region Planning Board. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023.</ref>
• Total	55,083 km2 (21,268 sq mi)
Population  (2011)<ref name="profile"/>
• Total	58,157,286
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
GDP <ref>"Draft regional plan-NCR" (PDF).</ref>
• Total	US$370 billion
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	ncrpb.nic.in

The National Capital Region (NCR; Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣetra) is a region centred on the city of Delhi, a special union territory of India that hosts the country's capital city New Delhi. It encompasses the entirety of Delhi and a number of adjacent districts from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.<ref name="ncrpb"/> 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.<ref name="1985act"/> Prominent cities of the NCR are Delhi, New Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad and Meerut.

The NCR is a mixed, rural-urban region, with a population of over 46,069,000 and an urbanisation of 62.6 percent.<ref name="profile">"Census 2011" (PDF). National Capital Region Planning Board. National Informatics Centre. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.</ref> There are also areas like the Aravalli ridge, forests, wildlife and bird sanctuaries.<ref name="IndExp-Jan14">"NCR expands, planning lags". The Indian Express. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.</ref> The Delhi Extended Urban Agglomeration, the inner part of the NCR, had an estimated GDP of $370 billion (measured in terms of GDP PPP) in 2015–16.<ref>"With GDP of $370 billion, Delhi-NCR muscles out Mumbai as economic capital of India". The Financial Express. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.</ref> Despite being a part of the NCR, the Government of India's think tank, NITI Aayog, listed the Nuh district of Haryana as the most underdeveloped across India's 739 districts.<ref>"Nuh at bottom of Niti Aayog's 101 most backward districts". The Hindu. 1 April 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 August 2023.</ref>

History

The National Capital Region (NCR) and its planning board were created under the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985.<ref name="NCRPBA85">"Rationale". ncrpb.nic.in. NCR Planning Board. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013. The National Capital Region (NCR) in India was constituted under the NCRPB Act, 1985</ref> That 1985 Act defined the NCR as being the whole of Delhi; the Haryana districts of Gurgaon (then including the Nuh district), 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.<ref>"NCR Planning Board Act of 1985" (PDF). 1985.</ref><ref name="1985act">"The Gazette of India, National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985" (PDF). NCR Planning Board. 1985. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2017.</ref> The 1985 boundary of the NCR covered an area of 34,144 square kilometres (13,183 sq mi).<ref name="profile"/>

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.<ref>"Master Plan for Delhi" (PDF). rgplan.org. Delhi Development Authority. 1 September 1962. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.</ref> 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&nbsp;km².<ref>"Master Plan for Delhi" (PDF). Delhi Development Authority. August 1990. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.</ref>

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.<ref>"Brief Industrial Profile of Gautam Budh Nagar" (PDF). Government of India Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 14 August 2012. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.</ref> Also in 1997 Baghpat district was created from Baghpat tehsil of Meerut district.<ref>"Census of India 2011 – Uttar Pradesh – District Census Handbook – Baghpat" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.</ref>

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&nbsp;km².<ref>"The Organisation and Administration" (PDF). Ministry of Urban Development. Government of India. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017. Government of India vide Notification dated 1.10.2013 has included Bhiwani and Mahendragarh districts of the State of Haryana and Bharatpur district of the State of Rajasthan</ref><ref>"3 more districts enter National Capital Region fold – The Times of India". The Times of India. 2 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2015.</ref> Subsequently, Charkhi Dadri district was separated from Bhiwani district in 2016.<ref>"Charki Dadri notified as 22nd district of Haryana". The Times of India. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.</ref>

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.<ref>"NCR gets bigger; Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar districts added". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.</ref><ref>"NCR to now include these 3 new districts". Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.</ref><ref>Business Standard (9 June 2015). "NCR to now include 3 new districts – Part – 2". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2015. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)</ref><ref>"Jind and Karnal now at NCR – हरियाणा के 2 और जिले NCR में Amar Ujala". delhincr.amarujala.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014.</ref> covering a total area of 50,566&nbsp;km².<ref name="tcpharyana">"Sub-Regional Plan for Haryana Sub-Region of NCR-2021" (PDF). Department of Town & Country Planning. Government of Haryana. 10 June 2016. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.</ref> Shamli district of U.P. was added to the NCR in December 2017.<ref>"NCR-shamli-inclusion". The Hindu. 5 December 2017.</ref> As of 2021, there are a total of 24 districts in the NCR, excluding the 11 districts of Delhi.

Proposed extensions

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.<ref>Dabas, Harveer (9 January 2018). "UP govt sends proposal to include Bijnor, Mathura, Aligarh & Hathras in NCR". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.</ref>

Proposed reductions

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.<ref>"'Draft Regional Plan 2041' To Limit NCR Region Around Delhi. Details Here". NDTV.com. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref><ref>"Proposal to shrink National Capital Region". Hindustan Times. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref> Government of Haryana has requested NCRPB for at least one-third reduction of its share in the NCR region.<ref>"Haryana seeks one-third reduction of area under National Capital Region". The Indian Express. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref>

Component districts

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.<ref name="NCRPB Rationale">National Capital Region Planning Board Archived 16 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Ncrpb.nic.in. Retrieved on 16 July 2013.</ref>

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:<ref name="ncrpb"/><ref name="profile"/>

State/UT	Districts	Area<br>(km<sup>2</sup>)	Population<br>(in thousands)	GDP (Nominal)
Delhi	Central Delhi	1,483	16,788	₹Template:FXConvert<ref name="NSDP">"ECONOMIC SURVEY OF DELHI 2023 – 24" (PDF). delhiplanning.delhi.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.</ref>
	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	16,427	₹Template:FXConvert<ref name="Survey1">"Economic Survey of Haryana 2020-21" (PDF). Government of Haryana. 1 February 2022. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.</ref>
	Charkhi Dadri
	Faridabad
	Gurgaon
	Jhajjar
	Jind
	Karnal
	Mahendragarh
	Nuh
	Palwal
	Panipat
	Rewari
	Rohtak
	Sonipat
Rajasthan	Alwar	13,447	4,633	₹Template:FXConvert<ref>"indiastatdistricts". www.indiastatdistricts.com.</ref>
	Bharatpur
Uttar Pradesh	Baghpat	14,826	17,105	₹Template:FXConvert<ref>"indiastatdistricts". www.indiastatdistricts.com.</ref>
	Bulandshahr
	Gautam Buddh Nagar
	Ghaziabad
	Hapur
	Meerut
	Muzaffarnagar
	Shamli
Total		55,083	54,953	₹Template:FXConvert

Regional planning

Further information: The Great Green Wall of Aravalli and Leopards of Haryana

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,<ref name="reg plan 2001"/> and the "Regional Plan 2021, National Capital Region" approved in 2005.<ref>"Regional Plan 2021, Background". ncrpb.nic.in. NCR Planning Board. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.</ref> 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&nbsp;km long and 5&nbsp;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.<ref name=wall1>Want govt to build 1600 km green wall along Aravalli Archived 24 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Express, 24 December 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>"No sewerage in 46% of NCR". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2015.</ref>

A Sports University is proposed to be established in Meerut district of UP Sub-Region.

Judicial System

Delhi NCR has only one high court, which is in Delhi. While it is highly suggested in Regional Plan 2041, Delhi NCR that high court bench must be set up in western Uttar Pradesh, large part of which falls in Delhi NCR. There has been long standing demand for high court bench in Meerut.<ref>"Demand for high court Bench in Meerut returns". The Times of India. 26 September 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2023.</ref>

Regional Plan 2041, Delhi NCR suggests that industrial growth of western Uttar Pradesh's part of Delhi NCR is being hampered due to unavailability of judicial system. Almost 54% of all cases reaching the High Court originate from the 22 districts of Western UP.

People have to travel 700&nbsp;km away to Allahabad for hearings. In fact, 6 high courts (Shimla, Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nainital, Jammu) from other states are closer than Allahabad from western Uttar Pradesh. Even Lahore high court is closer than Allahabad.

Transport

Namo Bharat Rapid Rail RRTS

Delhi Meerut RRTS Station

Delhi Meerut RRTS Trainset

For greater ease of transportation within the National Capital Region, India's first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), called Namo Bharat Rapid Rail and Vande Metro,<ref>"India's first Vande Metro renamed Namo Bharat Rapid Rail: All you need to know". The Indian Express. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.</ref><ref>"RCF to roll out first prototype of Vande Metro coach by April: S Srinivas". Business Standard. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.</ref> with 8 semi-high speed rail corridors is being developed in phases in Delhi NCR: an implementation of plans made by India's Planning Commission.<ref name=rrtsnewp1>Delhi NCR RRTS network: All about 8 planned Namo Bharat Rapid Rail corridors, News9, 4 Jan 2025.</ref><ref name=rrtsnewp2>"Project Overview – NCRTC". Retrieved 3 October 2023.</ref> The RapidX trains will have a maximum trial speed of 180 km/h (110 mph) and a maximum operational speed of 160 km/h (99 mph).

• Phase-1: First phase has the following 3 priority corridors:
  • Delhi-Meerut RRTS: It is an 82.15 km (51.05 mi) long line, India's first RRTS, which will be fully completed by 2025.<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>
  • Delhi-Gurugram-SNB-Alwar (Pre-construction), expected to be completed by 2028.<ref name=rrtsnewp2/> DPR has been completed and under review by the central government.<ref name=upsept1>DMRC to soon handover Rapid Metro ops in Gurgaon amid surge in footfall, revenue, Indian Express, 16 Sept 2025.</ref>
  • Delhi-Panipat-Karnal: expanded to total 136.30 km length from Delhi to Karnal (from original 103 km to Panipat) with 21 stations at a cost of Rs 33,051.15 crore, DPR is complete and under review by the central government,<ref name=upsept1/> expected to be completed after 2028.<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>

• Phase-2: remaining 5 proposed corridors of under original 8 Namo Bharat RRTS corridors.
  • Delhi–Faridabad–Palwal RRTS<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>
  • Ghaziabad–Khurja RRTS<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>
  • Delhi–Bahadurgarh–Rohtak RRTS:<ref name=rrtsnewp2/> Route is from Munirka (Delhi) to IGI Delhi Airport T1, T2-T3, Yashobhoomi, Najafgarh, Bahadurgarh, and Rohtak. DPR preparation has commenced.<ref name=upsept1/>
  • Ghaziabad-Hapur RRTS<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>
  • Delhi-Shahadra-Baraut RRTS<ref name=rrtsnewp2/>

• Phase-3: Other proposed Namo Bharat RRTS corridors.
  • Gurugram–Faridabad–Noida/Greater Noida Namo Bharat RRTS: DPR preparation has commenced.<ref name=upsept1/>

Expressways

Section of Delhi Meerut Expressway

The region has the following operation and upcoming expressways -

• Delhi Meerut Expressway
• Yamuna Expressway (Noida.- Agra)
• Noida - Greater Noida Expressway
• DND Flyway
• Ganga Expressway (Meerut - Varanasi) (India's widest 14 lane expressway)
• Eastern Peripheral Expressway
• Western Peripheral Expressway
• Dwarka Expressway
• Delhi Mumbai Expressway
• UER 2 Expressway
• Delhi Dehradun Expressway
• Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway

Dedicated Freight Corridor

For regional logistic transportation both Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor will pass through Delhi NCR. Sites like Meerut and Dadri are planned to be proposed logistic hub.<ref>"Invest in UP" (PDF).</ref>

Ashok Agarwal, national president, Indian Industries Association (IIA), said “We have also received queries related to the allotment of land along the Ganga Expressway from investors. Most of the queries are for land in Meerut, Budaun and its adjoining areas”.<ref>"Industrial clusters to come up along Ganga Expressway". Hindustan Times. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.</ref>

• Meerut along Delhi Meerut Expressway
• Dadri Noida Ghaziabad Investment Region

Proposed Orbital Rail Corridor (ORC)

A total of three orbital rail corridors of proposed connected important districts of Meerut, Palwal, Sonipat, Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and covering NCR area in circular fashion by rails for passenger trains and goods.

• ORC - I: Haryana developing ORC by 2025 connecting Palwal-Sonipat. Uttar Pradesh is also planning to develop ORC connecting Palwal - Khurja - Meerut - Bagapat - Sonipat, to complete the Orbital Circle 1. This is expected to be made fully operational by 2028.
• ORC - II: As “Regional Orbital Rail Corridor (RORC)” connecting Panipat- Shamli- Meerut- Jewar- Nuh- Bhiwadi- Rewari- Jhajjar- Rohtak- Panipat (along CREII) to enable fast regional movement of passenger and goods avoiding CNCR area.
• ORC - III: As “Outer Orbital Rail Corridor (OORC)” along CRE-III, is planned by 2041.<ref name=":0">"Delhi NCR Masterplan 2041" (PDF).</ref>

Railways

It is also proposed in Regional Plan 2041, Delhi NCR that all railway lines in NCR should be 4 tracks by 2030 and 06 tracks by 2040, 100% electrified, broad gauge and of high speed, with latest safety systems, Train Autonomous Cicrumambutation System (TACS), Centralised Traffic Control (CTC), etc.

Airports

Currently there is only one international airport, which is Indira Gandhi Internal Airport Delhi. Another airport, Jewar Airport Noida which could become one of Asia's largest airports once full operational is expected to be completed in 2025. Another airport in Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Meerut Airport is proposed in Regional Plan 2041, Delhi NCR.<ref name=":0" />

Metro

The city has several metro transit system where the largest network being Delhi Metro which serves Delhi and other regions of NCR including Faridabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. Noida Metro and Meerut Metro that are separately managed by Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation are the other transit metro systems currently in operation in the city. While Gurgaon Metro set to be operated by Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation Limited is under construction.<ref>"PM Modi Inaugurates AIIMS In Haryana's Rewari, Gurugram Metro Rail Project; Check Full Details Here". English Jagran. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.</ref>

Central National Capital Region

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–Ballabhgarh, 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.<ref>"Regional Plan 2001" (PDF). ncrpb.nic.in.</ref><ref name="DMA towns">"Evaluation Study of DMA Towns in National Capital Region" (PDF). Town and Country Planning Organisation. Ministry of Urban Development. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.</ref>

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–Ballabhgarh, Bahadurgarh, and Sonipat–Kundli in Haryana. The total area of CNCR (excluding NCT of Delhi) is approximately 2,000 km² (770 sq mi).<ref>"Regional Plan 2021". ncrpb.nic.in.</ref><ref name="DMA towns"/><ref>"Study on counter magnet areas to Delhi & NCR" (PDF). ncrpb.nic.in.</ref>

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.<ref>"Regional Plan 2021 – Chapter 4, Demographic Profile and Settlement Pattern" (PDF). NCR Planning Board. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.</ref> As of 2016 the most recent population estimates have spanned 25.7 to 26.5 million people.<ref name="Demographia">Demographia (April 2016). Demographia World Urban Areas (PDF) (12th ed.). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2016. (excludes Kondli)</ref><ref name="UNcities2016">"The World's Cities in 2016" (PDF). United Nations. October 2016. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.</ref>

Challenges to NCR

Delhi NCR faces its own set of challenges.

1. Pollution - Due to high industrial growth, pollution from vehicles and stubble burning in Haryana & Punjab. Delhi NCR has the worst Air Quality index in the world.
2. Judicial - The western Uttar Pradesh part of NCR contributes more than 50% of revenue to Uttar Pradesh Government. It has lost and risks losing a lot of corporate investments due to the unavailability of the Judicial System in West Uttar Pradesh. High courts of 6 other Indian states are closer to western Uttar Pradesh than the High court of the state of Uttar Pradesh &mdash; Allahabad High court. NCR planning board has suggested setting up a high court bench in Meerut to prevent loss of possible investments.
3. Air Connectivity - Delhi NCR has only 1 international airport, which is Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi. The upcoming airport in Jewar, Noida is under construction.

Counter magnets

The 1985 Act (§2.c and §8.f) gives the NCRPB the ability to select districts outside of the NCR to act as counter magnets, with a view to developing them further.<ref name="1985act"/> Counter-magnet cities are identified as those that can be developed as alternative centres of growth and attract migrants to them rather than Delhi.<ref name="reg plan 2001">"Regional Plan 2001, National Capital Region" (PDF). NCR Planning Board. 3 November 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017. the future interceptors of migratory flow</ref> The criteria for selecting counter magnet towns are: that they should have their own established roots and potential of growth,<ref name="reg plan 2001"/> and should not be centres of either religious, strategic or environmental importance. The counter magnet cities should be given priority when allocating funding for development of land, housing and infrastructure.<ref name="reg plan 2001"/>

Following are the nine Counter-Magnet Areas to NCR spread across six states:<ref name="ncrpb constituents">"NCR Constituent Areas". National Capital Region Planning Board. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.</ref><ref>"'Boost Counter Magnet Areas to control migration'". The Hindu. 1 September 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 June 2022.</ref>

• Hisar and Ambala in Haryana
• Bareilly and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh
• Kota and Jaipur in Rajasthan
• Patiala in Punjab
• Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh
• Dehradun in Uttarakhand

See also

• Mumbai Metropolitan Region
• Kolkata Metropolitan Region
• Chennai metropolitan area

External links

• National Capital Region Planning Board
• Famous Temples in Delhi NCR
• NCR map (archived 21 July 2011)
• Official area information of districts of India
• Bulandshahr official website
• Bhiwani official site (archived 21 July 2011)
• Mahendragarh official site
• National Capital Region Urban Infrastructure Financing Facility on Asian Development Bank