The document provides an overview of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) in India, which was established in 1985 through an act of parliament. It coordinates and monitors development planning across states in the National Capital Region to promote harmonized growth. The NCRPB is led by a chairman and members from participating states and central government. It prepares regional plans, provides financial assistance to infrastructure projects, and monitors implementation across areas of transport, housing, utilities and more. The NCRPB appraises projects for technical feasibility and financial viability before sanctioning loans up to 75% of costs.

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2. Contents
• Introduction
• History
• Coverage
• Organization structure
• Members of the Board
• The functions of the Board
• Financial Assistance
• Requests for Loan Assistance
• Methodology for Project sanctions
• Resources.
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History
1951-
61
1961-
71
1971-
81
1981-
91
1991-
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52.44% 52.91% 52.98% 51.45% 47.03%
The growth of population of Delhi has
contributed to increasing congestion and
shortages of civic amenities.
•1956 Interim General Plan suggested that 'serious
consideration should be given for a planned decentralization
to outer areas & even outside the Delhi region'.
•1961 High Powered Board set up under Union Minister for
Home Affairs
•1962 Master Plan for Delhi emphasized Planning of Delhi in
regional context
•1973 High Powered Board reconstituted under Union
Minister for Works & Housing
•1985 Enactment of the National Capital Region Planning
Board Act by the Union Parliament, with the concurrence of
the participating States of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh,NCR Planning Board was constituted.

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Counter Magnet Areas:
•Hissar and Ambala in Haryana
•Bareilly and Kanpur-Lucknow in U.P.
•Kota and Jaipur in Rajasthan
•Patiala-Rajpura in Punjab
•Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh
•Dehradun in Uttrakhand.
The total area of the
NCR is 33578 sq. km.
excluding the area of
the counter magnet
areas.

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Organisation Structure
Departments
Planning Finance
Project
Monitoring and
Coordination
Administration

7. 1. The Union Minister for Works and Housing, who shall be the Chairman of the Board;
2. The Chief Minister of the State of Haryana;
3. The Chief Minister of the State of Rajasthan;
4. The Chief Minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh;
5. The Administrator of the Union territory;
6. Eight members, to be nominated by the Central Government, on the recommendation of the
participating States and the Administrator of the Union territory: Provided that not more than two
members shall be nominated on the recommendation of a participating State, or, as the case may be,
the Administrator of the Union territory;
7. Three other members, of whom one shall be a person having knowledge and experience in town
planning, to be nominated by the Central Government;
8. A full-time Member-Secretary of the Board, to be nominated by the Central Government from
amongst officers of, or above, the rank of a Joint Secretary to the Government of India:
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8. 1. To prepare the Regional Plan and the Functional Plans;
2. To arrange for the preparation of Sub-Regional Plans and Project Plans by each of the participating
States and the Union territory;
3. To co-ordinate the enforcement and implementation of the Regional Plan, Functional Plans, Sub-
Regional Plans and Project Plans through the participating States and the Union territory;
4. To ensure proper and systematic programming by the participating States and the Union territory in
regard to project formulation, determination of priorities in the National Capital Region or sub-
regions and phasing of development of the National Capital Region in accordance with stages
indicated in the Regional Plan;
5. To arrange for, and oversee, the financing of selected development projects in the National Capital
Region through Central and State plan funds and other sources of revenue.
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Under Section 8 of the NCR Planning Board Act, 1985, powers of the
Board shall include the powers to :-
•Call for reports and information from the participating States and the Union territory with regard
to preparation, enforcement and implementation of Functional Plans and Sub-regional Plans ;
•Ensure that the preparation, enforcement and implementation of Functional Plan or Sub-Regional
Plan, as the case may be, is in conformity with the Regional Plan ;
•Indicate the stages for the implementation of the Regional Plan ;
•Review the implementation of the Regional Plan, Functional Plan, Sub-Regional Plan and Project
Plan ;
•Select and approve comprehensive projects, call for priority development and provide such
assistance for the implementation of those projects as the Board may deem fit
•Select, in consultation with the State Government concerned, any urban areas, outside the
National Capital Region having regard to its location, population and potential for growth, which
may be developed in order to achieve the objectives of the Regional Plan ; and
•Entrust to the Committee such other functions as it may consider necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act.

10. The NCRPB has been playing a significant
role in the development of infrastructure in
the NCR by financing infrastructure
development projects selected under powers
vested in it by section 8(e) of the NCRPB Act.
These projects cover a wide spectrum
of:
1. Basic infrastructure development,
2. Sewerage,
3. Drainage and solid waste
management,
4. Water supply,
5. Power,
6. Transport,
7. Hospitals,
8. Abattoir and civic center.
NCRPB provides financial assistance in the
form of interest bearing loans to State
Government and implementing agencies for
projects.
Financial Assistance:
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11. Requests for loan assistance:
Made by:
1. Constituent State Governments,
2. Urban local bodies (ULBs)
3. Other parastatals of the state governments of the
NCR.
Requirements:
• Three sets of final detailed
project reports (DPRs) and a soft
copy.
The pattern of loan assistance provided by the NCRPB is 25:75; 25%
being the borrowing agency’s contribution and a maximum 75% of the
project cost being the loan from the NCRPB.
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12. Methodology for project sanctions:
1. Submission of three sets of DPRs (hard copy) with soft copy to the NCR Cells with a loan
request as per the loan application form downloadable from NCRPB's website
(www.ncrpb.nic.in).
2. Presentation of the project submitted by the implementing agency.
3. Appraisal by the NCRPB empaneled national institutes.
4. Interactive process (amongst implementing agency making the loan request, NCRPB
officials, and national institutes appraising the DPR.
5. On receipt of final appraisal report from national institutions the projects are taken up in the
Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Group (PSMG) meeting under the chairmanship of the
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development (MOUD).
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13. Types of Projects eligible for financing
• Land acquisition and development for social and physical infrastructure projects for industrial, institutional, residential and
commercial uses.
• Upgradation and augmentation of existing infrastructure like water supply, sewerage, sewage disposal, drainage, solid waste
management, power supply, expressways, railways, regional/sub-regional/master plan roads & bridges, milk dairies, fire services,
parks & playgrounds, stadia, etc.
• Details of loan or loans taken from the Central Government, State Government or other agencies for the proposed
project/security offered for the project, indicating amount, rate of interest, source and period of repayment, date of original loan
and amount outstanding against the loan(s) on the date of the application and the assets, if any, given as security;
• Development of art & cultural centres having facilities like theatres, auditorium, conference/exhibition halls, handicraft/haat
bazaars, etc.
• Infrastructure and other development projects in the Counter Magnet Areas.
• Pilot projects on rural development.
• Development of new townships
• Such other projects with the approval of the Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Groups which are in conformity with the
objectives of the Regional Plan.
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would be undertaken by the Board.
• Project Appraisal
• The detailed project appraisal in terms of technical feasibility, financial viability, organizational capacity
for implementation of the projects etc. would be undertaken by the Board.
• Technical & Financial Appraisal
• The Board will scrutinize the project reports in terms of technical feasibility and financial viability. While
appraising the projects, the Board will ensure that:-
• the proposed projects will help in achieving the objectives of the Regional Plan,
• the projects are in conformity with the Regional/Sub-regional/Functional Plan, Master Plan proposals
etc.
• they meet the present and future requirements of the town/ area in terms of services and utilities,
• the specifications of technical parameters are sound, realistic and technically feasible,
• the cost estimates are prepared as per the latest PWD/CPWD Common Schedule of Rates (CSR) of
the respective States,
• the project as a whole is viable and the implementing agency would be in a position to repay the loan,
• the implementing agency has sound organizational capacity to execute the project as per the
implementation schedule given in the report, and
• the environmental impacts, if any, are being taken care of, to minimize any adverse impact.
• the other conditions not covered above would be in accordance with approved government policies.
• The summary of the appraisal report would be placed before the respective Project Sanctioning &
Monitoring Group for consideration and approval.
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15. Monitoring and Evaluation
• The monitoring and evaluation of projects would be carried-out by the
Officers of NCR Planning Board and NCR Planning and Monitoring Cells of
the respective State governments. The quarterly progress reports should be
submitted by the implementing agencies in the prescribed formats to the
Board through the NCR Planning Cells of the participating States. The NCR
Cells will examine/scrutinize the project reports and forward the
consolidated report along with their comments by 15th of the month
following the quarter.
• Periodic inspection of the projects, inspection of books of accounts along
with expenditure verification etc. will be carried out by the officials of the
Board from time to time. Besides this, the physical and financial progress
will be reviewed at regular intervals by the Board. The Board may also
conduct or get conducted through any external agency, the impact
evaluation studies of the completed projects to examine the utility of such
projects and impact of such projects on overall development of the region.
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16. Loan Guidelines
• One of the functions of the Board as defined in Section 7 (e) of the NCRPB
Act is to arrange for and oversee the financing of selected development
projects in the National Capital Region. For this purpose a National Capital
Region Planning Board Fund has been created under section 22 of the
Act, which inter-alia is required to be utilized for:-
• ‘providing financial assistance to the participating States and the Union
territory for the implementation of Sub- Regional Plans and Project Plans;’
and
• ‘providing financial assistance to the State concerned for the development
of the Counter Magnet Area subject to such terms and conditions as may
be agreed upon between such State and the Board.’
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Coverage and Eligible Agencies
Development projects to be taken up in the National Capital Region and the Counter Magnet Areas (CMAs)
would be identified by the Board, participating States of NCR, CMA and their implementing agencies.
The Board may provide financial assistance to the participating State governments and their implementing
agencies including Local Bodies, Development Authorities, Housing Boards, Industrial Development
Corporations or such other agencies of the State governments as the case may be.

18. • preparation of a plan for the development of the National
Capital Region
• coordinating and monitoring the implementation of plan
• for evolving harmonized policies
• for the control of land-uses and development of
infrastructure in the National Capital Region to avoid any
haphazard development
Came into force: 19th day of October, 1984
The Board shall consist of the following members
Resources:
• https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/linked-
documents/41598-01-ind-oth-01.pdf
• NCR PLANNING BOARD ACT 1985.
• http://ncrpb.nic.in/
Thank you.
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