Original Noida averaged about 60 jobs per hectare. The 2030 target on Phase 1 land needs 158 to 189.
NOIDA: Uttar Pradesh is pressing ahead with “New Noida”, a 20,911-hectare greenfield industrial city formally known as the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNGIR). The state targets 5 to 6 lakh direct and indirect jobs by 2030. Its Master Plan 2041 envisions about 6 lakh residents and up to 3,000 manufacturing units. However, the project is still at the land-assembly stage, and the 2030 target will test how fast acquired land turns into working factories.
Why Noida needs a sequel
The case for expansion is simple. About 90% of original Noida’s 20,000 hectares across 168 sectors is built out, which leaves little contiguous land for large industrial allotments. Over 35 years, that city generated more than 1.2 million jobs through nearly 9,500 industrial, 5,000 commercial and 250 institutional allotments. Notably, it contributes roughly 10% of Uttar Pradesh’s GSDP, 60% of the state’s electronics and IT exports and 80% of its apparel exports.
DNGIR extends the Noida Authority’s domain eastwards across 84 villages, 63 in Bulandshahr and 21 in Gautam Buddh Nagar. It sits about 33 km from original Noida and 32 km from the Noida International Airport at Jewar. Legally, it stays separate from the territories of GNIDA and YEIDA.
A plan with an industrial bias
The School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, prepared the master plan, and the state notified the boundary in October 2024. Industry takes 40.27% of the land, about 8,811 hectares, while residential sectors get 13.44% and green and recreational zones 17.96%. Meanwhile, over 150 hectares are reserved for lakes and canals. Target sectors include semiconductor assembly, AI and data centres, battery and EV components, electronics manufacturing, food processing and logistics.
Connectivity is the strongest card. DNGIR sits at Dadri, where the Western and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridors converge. A 16-km, 130-metre-wide link is planned to the Jewar airport, and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway runs nearby. Moreover, central logistics hubs at Bodaki and Dadri are embedded in the plan. Delivery is phased through 2041, with Phase 1 covering 3,165 hectares across 37 villages between 2024 and 2027.
The land assembly test
Acquisition is the first real hurdle. In April 2026, the Noida Authority fixed a rate of ₹4,300 per sq m, matching YEIDA. An alternative offers ₹3,800 per sq m plus a developed plot equal to 7% of the land. However, existing Noida pays ₹6,459 per sq m and Greater Noida ₹6,415, so landholders may press for parity. Disputes under the 2013 land acquisition law could delay Phase 1.
The funding gap is wide. At the base rate, acquiring the full area represents a raw land liability of about ₹89,900 crore. The initial allocation is ₹1,000 crore, a small fraction of that. Consequently, the state will lean on industrial plot auctions, public-private partnerships for trunk utilities and national infrastructure funds. Separately, brokers already market unapproved village plots under the “New Noida” label, although no residential layouts or RERA-registered projects exist yet.
Stress-testing the jobs target
The headline figure needs context. Original Noida averaged about 60 jobs per hectare over 35 years. Delivering 5 to 6 lakh jobs by 2030 on Phase 1 land alone would require 158 to 189 jobs per hectare. Even if Phase 2’s 3,798 hectares are developed too, giving 6,963 hectares in all, the need is still 72 to 86 jobs per hectare.
Land use decides the outcome. Grade-A warehousing and third-party logistics, which tend to arrive first near freight corridors, usually yield only 10 to 25 jobs per hectare. Therefore, the target depends on attracting labour-intensive electronics assembly, apparel and technology parks. Encouragingly, the region already hosts large electronics players such as Samsung and Dixon Technologies and data-centre operators such as AdaniConneX and Sify. The state, for its part, treats the figure as a buildout target for Phases 1 and 2, which assumes rapid construction within roughly four to five years.
What to watch
Several markers will show whether New Noida is moving from plan to place. Gazette notifications for the 37 Phase 1 villages and the pace of the ₹1,000 crore disbursal come first. Tenders for the Jewar link and the 75-metre sector roads follow, along with the first formal industrial plot scheme from the Noida Authority. Investment pledges converting into groundbreaking ceremonies will matter most, and so will environmental clearances for the blue-green network.
Competition from YEIDA, Gurugram and Faridabad adds urgency. Ultimately, the first allotments and the first factory foundations will show whether this greenfield city can match the record of the original.
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