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New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC; ISO: Naī Dillī Nagarapālikā Pariṣad) is the municipal council of the city of New Delhi, Delhi, India. It covers an area of 42.7 km 2 under its administration, [10] which is commonly referred as Lutyens' Delhi. [11] NDMC Head Office, Palika Kendra Parliament Street, New Delhi.
Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was entrusted with the vast majority of the architectural design and buildings of the city that subsequently emerged as New Delhi during the period of the British Raj. Lutyens' Delhi progressively developed over the period from 1912 ...
The construction of New Delhi refers to the development of Delhi into the capital of the British Raj, and creation of New Delhi in a mass-scale real estate development project before the Independence of India. [1] [2] [3] Before the project, Delhi was known of as a large slum due to the unplanned settlements of Old Delhi or Shahjahanabad. [1]
The planning of New Delhi began in earnest after Delhi was made capital of the British Indian Empire in 1911. Lutyens was assigned responsibility for town planning and the construction of Viceroy's House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan ); Herbert Baker , who had practised in South Africa for two decades, 1892–1912, joined in as the second in command.
One of Lutyens' bungalows in Delhi. Lutyens Bungalow Zone or LBZ spreads over an area of 2,800 hectares (6,900 acres) in Lutyens' Delhi, with bungalows (houses) for government ministers, officials and their administrative offices, since the British Raj. The zone stretches up to Lodi Road in the south.
A district planning committee (DPC) is the committee created as per article 243ZD of the Constitution of India at the district level [1] [2] for planning at the district and below. The committee in each district should consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the municipalities in the district and prepare a draft development plan ...
The project proponent or client had to seek conceptual approval from the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC). Financial decisions received clearance from the Central Vigilance Commission. Monetary allocation was provided from the Finance Ministry. Project assessment studies were done by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India which formulated India's Five-Year Plans, among other functions.. In his first Independence Day speech in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced his intention to dissolve the Planning Commission.