YEIDA Plot Scheme History: Every Scheme from 2009 to 2026

The YEIDA plot scheme is how the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority sells its own residential plots, by draw of lots at one fixed rate. There have been ten numbered schemes, from RPS 1 in 2009 to RPS-10/2026, plus a few rounds that re-offered leftover plots. Demand stayed thin until the airport's foundation stone in November 2021, then exploded.

Some terms first. YEIDA measures plots in square metres (sq m), while buyers often talk in gaj, a square yard; 1 sq m is 1.196 gaj. An allotment is YEIDA's grant of a plot to a draw winner, on a 90-year lease, so YEIDA keeps ownership of the land.

More than 9,800 people applied for 900 plots in 2015. In 2024, over 2 lakh applied for 361. This page tells each scheme's story, from the land fights of the early years to the crowded draws of today. For what could come next, read our YEIDA plot scheme 2027 guide.

What was on offer

YEIDA's first offer, which its own notices call Residential Plot Scheme 2009(1), sold about 21,000 plots in Sectors 18 and 20 by lucky draw. The Times of India described them as 300 to 4,000 sq m (359 to 4,784 gaj). They included 1,250 plots of 1,000 sq m (1,196 gaj), 300 of 2,000 sq m (2,392 gaj) and 125 of 4,000 sq m (4,784 gaj). We couldn't find a reliable count of applicants or the draw dates.

Why possession took so long

The land came from farmers in about 77 villages, and many went to court for more money. In August 2014 the UP government told YEIDA to pay them 64.7% extra. YEIDA then billed allottees an extra charge for it in four half-yearly instalments from October 2015, or let them surrender within 90 days, the Times of India reported.

Buyers were told to expect possession by 2013 or 2014, then July 2015, then March 2016. The first 55 possession letters went out in January 2017, all for big plots in Sector 20. That year YEIDA declared a "zero period" from late 2013 to late 2016 with no interest charged. It even offered owners of 1,000 to 4,000 sq m (1,196 to 4,784 gaj) plots the option of taking half the land. By March 2021, 12 years on, about 5,500 registries, the lease deeds that put a plot in your name, were done in the two sectors.

Where it stands now

Courts shaped the rest. In 2023 the Allahabad High Court threw out farmers' challenges from nine villages. In 2024 YEIDA reached a deal with Bhatta and Parsaul farmers to free about 1,326 stuck plots, Navbharat Times reported. In October 2025 the High Court upheld a RERA tribunal order making YEIDA pay delay interest to about 150 allottees.

By YEIDA's count in late 2025, only about 12,000 of the 30,011 plots it has allotted since 2009 are registered. Many finished houses in Sectors 18 and 20 are bare shells, built only to beat the construction deadline.

What it teaches: a low rate means little if the land isn't free of disputes. Many 2009 buyers waited over a decade and paid a compensation charge on top of the price they signed for.

We found no residential plot scheme in 2014, when YEIDA's offers were industrial plots and the Yamnotri flats in Sector 22A.

RPS-02/2015: 900 plots in Sector 22D

This scheme opened on 3 August 2015 with 600 plots of 120 sq m (144 gaj) and 300 of 162 sq m (194 gaj), next to the Buddh International Circuit. Its brochure set aside 17.5% of plots for farmers who'd lost land to YEIDA and 5% for YEIDA's working industrial or institutional units. Within those, 21% went to SC and 2% to ST applicants, and 3% of all plots went to disabled applicants.

More than 9,800 people applied, about 11 per plot. Schoolchildren drew the chits in a six-hour manual draw on 2 November 2015, the Times of India reported. Winners could pay in full within 60 days of the allotment letter, or pay 50% or 30% and the rest in half-yearly instalments at 12% interest. Full payers were drawn first, and farmer-quota winners couldn't sell for five years. Builder projects in 22D carry their own risks, as our NCDRC refund order report shows.

RPS-03/2016: 1,850 plots in Sector 17

Launched on 1 January 2016 on 56 hectares of Ghanori village land, it offered 1,200 plots of 120 sq m (144 gaj), 300 of 162 sq m (194 gaj) and 350 of 200 sq m (239 gaj). YEIDA had first spoken of 2,200 plots. Its rate was 10% above the 2015 scheme's, and a 1% share of the disabled quota was now kept for visually impaired applicants.

The market was slow. The property news site Realtynmore put applicants at only about 4,000, barely two per plot, and the draw slipped from 27 April to 18 May 2016. In July 2016 YEIDA gave winners who hadn't paid one more month, at 15% penal interest, before their letters lapsed. We found no clear record of when Sector 17 plots were handed over. Our 100 gaj (83.6 sq m) YEIDA guide has today's small-plot prices.

What they teach: in a weak market even cheap scheme plots went begging, and YEIDA's payment deadlines stayed strict anyway.

Residual rounds re-offer plots freed up by cancellation, surrender or forfeiture. Reported counts for these years don't always agree, so treat them as approximate.

2018 and early 2019

A residual scheme coded RRPS-01/2018 was advertised in November 2018. We hold no reliable plot count or result for it. Another round ran from 28 January to 15 February 2019. It drew about 2,200 applicants and allotted 561 plots of 60 to 300 sq m (72 to 359 gaj), the Times of India reported. YEIDA was still charging its January 2016 rate then.

RRPS-03/2019 and the 2020 round

RRPS-03/2019 opened on 30 September 2019 with 911 plots in Sectors 17, 18, 20 and 22D, 648 of them 300 sq m (359 gaj). It promised possession within two years at most. We found no report on its draw, set for 20 December 2019. In August 2020 YEIDA floated 1,075 plots, and only 2,452 people applied. The 5 November 2020 draw left 90 plots of 500 sq m (598 gaj) and above unsold.

What they teach: before the airport, big plots were the hardest to sell. Leftover rounds were a quiet, low-competition way in.

RPS-04/2021: 440 plots, delayed by Covid

This one opened in March 2021 with 60 to 4,000 sq m (72 to 4,784 gaj) plots in Sectors 17, 18, 20 and 22D. Covid put off the 5 May draw, Aaj Tak reported, leaving applicants' 10% registration money stuck, often borrowed. The draw ran on 7 July 2021 with 15,624 applicants, and 422 plots were allotted. By then the Times of India was quoting YEIDA's new FY2021-22 rate, 5.5% higher for plots up to 200 sq m (239 gaj).

RPS-05/2021: 416 plots, and the airport effect

It opened on 23 December 2021, weeks after the airport's foundation stone, with 336 new plots in Sector 16 and 80 leftover ones. It drew 13,889 applications. Its brochure also opened the farmer quota to families whose land went to Jewar airport. UP's election code of conduct pushed the draw to 18 April 2022.

RPS-06/2022: 477 plots, and the big jump

It opened on 7 September 2022 with plots of 60 to 2,000 sq m (72 to 2,392 gaj), and the deadline was stretched to 14 October. The brochure said 18 November, but the draw took place on 16 December 2022 with 64,258 applicants, Moneycontrol reported. The table shows how fast large plots went from unwanted to fought over. Our 500 gaj (418.1 sq m) YEIDA guide covers what big plots sell for now.

Size (sq m)	Size (gaj)	RPS-05/2021 plots	RPS-05 applications	RPS-06/2022 plots	RPS-06 applications
120	144	200	Over 7,000	262	34,106
500	598	2	2	5	649
1,000	1,196	13	128	8	782
2,000	2,392	13	27	4	152
4,000	4,784	7	21	Not offered	Not offered

What they teach: once the airport looked real, every size filled up. And a brochure's draw date is a target, not a promise.

RPS-07/2023: 1,184 plots after a 32.9% rate rise

The biggest offer since 2016 brought 1,184 plots of 120 to 2,000 sq m (144 to 2,392 gaj) to Sectors 16, 17 and 20, at a rate up 32.9% for FY2023-24. Winners got 90 days instead of 60 for the first payment, and GST entered the terms as "additional if applicable". About 1.4 lakh applied, Moneycontrol reported, and the draw ran on 18 October 2023.

RPS-08/2024: 361 plots, and instalments shut out

It opened on 5 July 2024 in Sectors 16, 18, 20 and 22D, including 131 plots of 300 sq m (359 gaj). The deadline moved to 23 August and the draw to 10 October 2024. Of 2,02,235 applications, 1,87,000 chose one-time payment. Since they alone swamped the plots, YEIDA dropped instalment applicants from the draw, the Hindustan Times reported. That's about 518 applicants per plot, the most of any scheme.

RPS-08(A)/2024: 451 plots in Sector 24A

YEIDA launched it for Diwali on 31 October 2024, with 120 to 260 sq m (144 to 311 gaj) plots in a new sector. It was the first scheme with one way to pay: the full premium within 60 days of the allotment letter. Of 1,12,009 applicants, 1,11,703 went into an eight-hour draw on 27 December 2024, Hindustan reported.

RPS-09/2025: 276 plots of one size

Every plot was 200 sq m (239 gaj), in Pocket 9B of Sector 18, after a 35.1% rate rise for FY2025-26. Applications fell to 54,289, still about 197 per plot, and the draw ran on 11 July 2025.

RPS-10/2026: 973 plots as the airport opened

Sizes ran from 162 to 290 sq m (194 to 347 gaj) in Sectors 15C, 18 and 24A, at a rate up 3.6%. The draw on 18 June 2026, days after flights began, had 1,10,034 valid applications, about 113 per plot. Another 140 were thrown out for applying twice, the Hindustan Times reported.

Round	Plots	Applications reported	About per plot	Draw held	Reported by
RPS-02/2015	900	Over 9,800	11	2 Nov 2015	Times of India
RPS-03/2016	1,850	About 4,000	2	18 May 2016	Realtynmore
Early 2019 round	561 allotted	About 2,200	4	By 1 Mar 2019	Times of India
2020 round	1,075	2,452	2	5 Nov 2020	Times of India
RPS-04/2021	440	15,624	36	7 Jul 2021	Times of India
RPS-05/2021	416	13,889	33	18 Apr 2022	Times of India
RPS-06/2022	477	64,258	135	16 Dec 2022	Moneycontrol
RPS-07/2023	1,184	About 1.4 lakh	118	18 Oct 2023	Moneycontrol
RPS-08/2024	361	2,02,235 (1,87,000 in the draw)	518	10 Oct 2024	Hindustan Times
RPS-08(A)/2024	451	1,12,009	248	27 Dec 2024	Hindustan
RPS-09/2025	276	54,289	197	11 Jul 2025	Times of India
RPS-10/2026	973	1,10,034	113	18 Jun 2026	Hindustan Times

What they teach: recent schemes favour buyers who can pay everything within 60 days. For the money that takes, see our minimum budget for a YEIDA plot.

Three things changed most: how you could pay, the disabled quota and the possession promise.

Term	2015 and 2016	2019 to 2023	July 2024	Oct 2024 to 2026
Ways to pay	Full, or 50% or 30% down, rest in instalments at 12%	Same three; interest 10.5% (2019), 8.5% (2021), 9% (2022), 10% (2023)	Same three at 10%, but only full payers made the draw	Full premium within 60 days only
Disabled quota	3%	3% in 2019, 4% from 2021	4%, UP applicants	4%, then 5% from 2025
Possession promise	Not in the brochure	Two years (2019), about five years (2021 on)	About five years	About five years
One-time lease rent	11% in 2015, 10% in 2016	10%	10%	10%

Other rules held steady. Each family gets one plot, anyone already holding a YEIDA plot or flat is out, and farmer-quota plots carry a five-year lock-in. Every brochure we read also puts any later rise in farmer compensation on the buyer, the clause that hit 2009 buyers hardest. Since at least 2019 a rate rise before allotment is passed on too. We found no quota for ex-servicemen in any brochure we read.

The rate itself rose at every revision we hold, by 132.1% in all from 2016 to 2026.

Three lessons stand out.

• Draw dates slip. Four of the last eight draws ran late, by weeks or months.
• Your money waits too. Registration money sits with YEIDA until the draw and the refund, and a loan taken for it keeps charging interest.
• Land, not luck, sets your timeline. The draw gives you a plot number. Clear land and finished roads give you a house.

What to check before you buy:

• The scheme code and brochure on YEIDA's official website, plus the UP RERA registration number it quotes.
• Whether the pocket's land is free of court cases, and whether lease plans have been issued there.
• For a resale plot from an old scheme: the lease deed, a no-dues certificate, any unpaid compensation charge and the construction deadline.
• Whether a quota plot is still inside its five-year lock-in.
• Your full budget, including location charges, lease rent and Uttar Pradesh's 7% stamp duty and 1% registration fee.

Our stamp duty calculator works out the duty for any price. For resale prices on old scheme plots, see our 300 gaj (250.8 sq m) YEIDA plot guide. To weigh one sector against another, read which YEIDA sector suits a plot buyer, and check Greater Noida property rates next door.