Bangalore Development Authority

Bangalore Development Authority
Logo of the BDA

A shopping complex built by the BDA on the Inner Ring Road, Koramangala
Planning Authority overview
Formed6 January 1976 (1976-01-06)
Superseding agency
  • City Improvement Trust Board
JurisdictionGovernment of Karnataka
HeadquartersBangalore
Employees486[1]
Annual budgetRs. 5067.65 crore (2012)
Minister responsible
Planning Authority executive
  • M.B. Rajesh Gowda, Commissioner
Websitebdabangalore.org

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) of Bangalore, India, is a governmental organization (referred to within India as a parastatal entity) and the principal planning authority for Bangalore. Its function, under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act of 1961, is as a regulatory body required "to prepare in the prescribed manner a Comprehensive Development Plan" for the Bangalore Metropolitan Region.[2] It also oversees planning and development of infrastructure, provision of development-related sites and services, the housing needs of underprivileged citizens in Bangalore and is currently the city's largest land developer.[3] No other authority or person may undertake development within the Bangalore Metropolitan Region without the permission of the BDA.[4]

  1. ^ "Organization". Bengaluru Development Authority.
  2. ^ Stallmeyer, John (2010). Building Bangalore: Architecture and urban transformation in India's Silicon Valley. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203842195.
  3. ^ "Bangalore an IT city? Check with Bangalore Development Authority". DNA. 15 February 2013.
  4. ^ Lall, Somik V (2009). Urban Land Markets: Improving Land Management for Successful Urbanization. Springer. p. 316. ISBN 9781402088629.