Primary market / DICDL allotment policy
What it costs to get a plot from the government
Land inside the industrial city area is allotted by the government development company on a lease of up to ninety nine years rather than sold outright. Unusually for this site, the price is published, and this page has the full rate card.
On top of the land price there is a fixed processing fee of twenty thousand rupees, an earnest money deposit of 5 per cent of the reserve price, and a payment schedule with short deadlines and cancellation attached to each. Stamp duty and the registration fee sit outside the published price and have to be added.
Processing fee Rs. 20,000Deposit 5 per cent of reserve priceLease up to 99 yearsLast verified: 4 August 2026
01Buying from the government rather than from an owner
Gets a 99-year leasehold allotment of DICDL-owned land inside Dholera SIR. This is the primary-market route; DICDL land is allotted on lease, not sold freehold.
That last point is the one people miss. Land in the industrial city area is not sold freehold. It is leased, for a term not exceeding ninety nine years, which is a different thing to own and a different thing to sell on later.
There are three routes in: first come first served, public auction, and tender. The policy allows first come first served only for industrial land. Commercial and residential land is allotted only by auction or by tender advertised in the newspapers.
02The published land price
Unlike almost everything else on this site, the price of government land here is published outright. These are the rates the development company charges by square metre, depending on what the plot may be used for.
| Use the plot is allotted for | Price Rs. per sq m | Price Rs. per 1,000 sq m |
|---|---|---|
| Industry, and physical infrastructure such as utilities | 4,000 | 40,00,000 |
| Knowledge and information technology | 4,000 | 40,00,000 |
| Recreation and sports | 4,000 | 40,00,000 |
| Residential | 6,000 | 60,00,000 |
| High access corridor | 6,000 | 60,00,000 |
| Central business district, the city centre | 8,000 | 80,00,000 |
| Tourism and hospitality | 8,000 | 80,00,000 |
| Solar energy park | 400 | 4,00,000 |
The spread from four hundred rupees a square metre for a solar park to eight thousand for the city centre is the development company's own pricing of what each use is worth, and it is a much wider spread than anything in the state price list used elsewhere on this site.
03What is paid, and when
On top of the land price there is a fixed processing fee and a deposit, and the published price expressly excludes tax, stamp duty and the registration fee.
| What is paid | Amount | When |
|---|---|---|
| Processing fee, by demand draft or banker's cheque | Rs. 20,000 | With the application |
| Earnest money deposit | 5% of the reserve price | With the application or auction registration |
| Down payment on accepting the allotment letter | 10% | Within 10 days of the allotment letter |
| Stage one of the balance | 30% | Within 90 days, per the policy schedule |
| Stamp duty and registration fee | extra | Excluded from the published land price |
The timetable is tight. Land Screening Committee meeting is scheduled within 7 days from the date of application. DICDL provides the Allotment letter within 10 days from the date of approval received from the Screening Committee. Acceptance of the allotment letter with a 10% down payment must be completed within 10 days from the date of the allotment letter, failing which the allotment is cancelled. Balance 90% in two stages: Stage I - 30%
Miss the acceptance window and the allotment is cancelled. Miss a later stage and the committee may allow more time with interest, which is a discretion rather than a right.
Record SIR-ALLOT-01. Source: land_allotment_policy.pdf page 13 (FCFS process steps 1-5 with all timelines), page 16 (INR 20,000 processing fee and 5% EMD for auction registration), page 30 (Form 1 with the Rs. 20,000 processing fee clause), page 7 (lease term not exceeding 99 years); land pricing table from lp.html / pg_land_pricing.html, canonical https://dholera.gujarat.gov.in/land_pricing. Statutory basis: Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009; Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976; DICDL Land Allotment Policy, 2016 as amended by Amendment 01 of 2019 (w.e.f. 16-02-2019). Data class OFFICIAL. Last verified: 4 August 2026.
The words on this page, in plain English
- Allotment
- A plot sold or leased directly by the government development company rather than bought from a private owner.
- DICDL
- Dholera Industrial City Development Limited, the government owned company that allots land inside the industrial city area.
- Special Investment Region, SIR
- An area notified under the Gujarat Special Investment Region Act 2009 and governed by a development authority rather than by the ordinary local body.
- Premium
- A one time payment to the government to lift a restriction on the land, most often to convert new tenure land to old tenure.
- Market value
- Not the price on the street. In this context it is the value the government calculates from the jantri, and it is what the tax is charged on.