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Who actually runs Dholera: DSIRDA or DICDL?

Published 3 August 2026. Facts verified to 27 July 2026 unless dated otherwise.

Both, with a clean split. DSIRDA, the Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority, is the planning and land authority under the Gujarat SIR Act 2009. DICDL, Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd, formed 28 January 2016, is the special purpose vehicle that builds and operates the infrastructure, owned 51 percent by Gujarat through DSIRDA and 49 percent by the Centre through the NICDC Trust.

Why the split matters to a business reader

Land questions, town planning schemes and final plots run through DSIRDADholera Special Investment Region Development Authority: the planning and land authority.'s side of the map. Trunk infrastructure, utilities and city operations run through DICDLDholera Industrial City Development Ltd: the SPV building infrastructure (Gujarat 51%, Centre 49%).. Knowing which body owns which decision is the first hour of any serious Dholera diligence, and the policy hub carries the fuller structure, including the TP schemeTown planning scheme: Gujarat's land-pooling mechanism that returns serviced, authority-issued final plots. land mechanism and the SEZSpecial Economic Zone: a notified area treated as outside India's customs territory for authorised operations. overlay.