India, April 8 -- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has notified the new Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy and charges, 2026, for Delhi, which is expected to open up large swathes of land near metro and rapid rail corridors to high-density development, thereby enhancing accessibility and enabling the creation of affordable housing stock.

The current policy has a corridor-based approach and opens up an area of 207 sq. km (500 m on either side of metro corridors and a 500 m radius of RRTS/railway stations, etc.) primarily for the provisioning of affordable housing through planned development and redevelopment. Out of this 207 sq. km, about 80 sq. km of an area under land pooling, low-density residential area and una...