Delhi proposes 5-tier plan for business areas

Against the backdrop of the sealing controversy and inadequate authorised commercial space, the Delhi government’s ministry of urban development has envisaged a five-tier system of commercial activities—convenience shopping centres, local shopping centres, community centres, district centres and metropolitan city centres—in the draft master plan 2021. The master plan will continue to provide for retail outlets in transport nodes like Metro stations.

It remains to be seen whether the government will allow modern structures such as those in Gurgaon and Noida or carry on with its old designs as seen in south Delhi’s Saket and Bhikaji Kama, retail analysts say.