Context: Recently, the Delhi Development Authority has issued draft guidelines for the formation of consortiums under the land pooling policy, to assist stakeholders in completing relevant paper work.
About Land pooling Mechanism

• Under land pooling mechanism, group of land-owners pool their land and hand it over to government agency for development of infrastructure projects.
• After the development of land, the agency redistributes the land after deducting some portion as compensation towards infrastructure costs.
• Generally, people who part with their land parcels get 60-70% of their holdings back after infrastructure is developed on it.
• This is done to develop potential infrastructure to reduce the load on the existing congested and saturated areas.
• This method already has been used in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Land Pooling Policy of Delhi

• Under the Land Pooling Policy, 60% of pooled land would be returned to land owners after infrastructure development, if the pooled land is 20 hectares and above and 48% if the land pooled is between 2 and 20 hectares.
• Of the 60% of returned land, 53% will be for residential purpose, 5% for city level commercial use and 2% for Public and Semi-public use.
• Note: According to the policy, which was approved by the Centre in October 2018, a minimum of 70% contiguous land is required for development under the scheme.