| City | State | Authority | Regulation | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | AMC + AUDA | CGDCR 2017 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Bangalore | Karnataka | BBMP + BDA | BBMP Bye-laws 2003 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Chennai | Tamil Nadu | CMDA + GCC | TNCDBR 2019 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Delhi | Delhi (NCT) | MCD + DDA + NDMC | UBBL 2016 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Hyderabad | Telangana | GHMC + HMDA | G.O. Ms. 168 (TS-bPASS) | Live | Setbacks → |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra | MCGM | DCPR 2034 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra | NMC + NIT | UDCPR 2020 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Pune | Maharashtra | PMC + PMRDA | PMC DCPR 2017 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Surat | Gujarat | SMC + SUDA | CGDCR 2017 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Vadodara | Gujarat | VMC + VUDA | CGDCR 2017 | Live | Setbacks → |
| Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | BMC / BDA | MP Bhumi Vikas Niyam 2012 | Soon | — |
| Indore | Madhya Pradesh | IMC / IDA | MP Bhumi Vikas Niyam 2012 | Soon | — |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | JMC / JDA | Rajasthan Building Bye-laws 2020 | Soon | — |
| Kolkata | West Bengal | KMC / KMDA | KMC Building Rules 2009 | Soon | — |
| Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | LMC / LDA | UP Building Bye-laws 2008 | Soon | — |
Setback rules and FSI vary dramatically across Indian cities — and even within a city by zone, plot size, road width, and building height. The official Development Control Regulations of any large municipality run to 400-700 pages of legalese, with conditional rules buried inside cross-referenced tables. A homeowner trying to confirm a 1.5 m versus 2.0 m side margin, or an architect verifying maximum FSI for a given road width, wastes hours scrolling PDFs. InfraLens distils each city's regulation into structured tables, worked examples for common plot sizes, and a setback calculator that answers the lookup in one click — while linking back to the source clause for verification.
This directory is not a substitute for ULB approval. It is a fast, free first-pass reference for owners, contractors, junior architects, and structural engineers who need accurate setback and height constraints to start a feasibility study or plot purchase decision.
Every live city page includes: front (road-side) setback as a function of abutting road width; side and rear margins by plot size for single-family dwellings, and by building height for apartments and other uses; maximum permissible building height by road width; margin between buildings on the same plot for group housing; worked examples for typical plot sizes (30×40, 40×60, 60×90 ft) on common road widths (9, 12, 18 m); and a search-citable source link to the official ULB notification PDF.
Upcoming additions per city: FSI/FAR by zone, ground coverage limits, parking requirements (per ECS / per dwelling unit), common plot / open space rules for layouts above 4,000 sq.m, and special-zone overlays (heritage, riverfront, transit-oriented, smart-city node).
Indian Development Control Regulations follow several lineages. Gujarat uses a unified state-wide CGDCR 2017 covering all ULBs (AMC, SMC, VMC, RMC, etc.) with category bands D1 to D10 capturing different urban densities. Maharashtra uses Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) at municipal corporation level — Mumbai's DCR 2034, Pune's DCPR 2017, Nagpur's DCPR 2020 — each with its own zone vocabulary and FSI bands. Karnataka combines BDA's Revised Master Plan (RMP-2031) with BBMP's older Building Bye-laws 2003 plus subsequent amendments. Delhi layers DDA's Master Plan-2041 with MCD Building Bye-laws 2016 plus GRAP/air-quality-zone rules. Tamil Nadu issued the unified TNCDBR 2019 covering all civic bodies. West Bengal, UP, MP, Telangana, and Rajasthan each maintain separate frameworks.
Because the *structure* differs city to city, InfraLens does not force every city into a one-size-fits-all schema. Each city's data file mirrors its source regulation's vocabulary (zones, categories, plot bands) so what you read on the page exactly matches what you'd find in the official PDF — just easier to query.
Every page is built from the official notification PDF of the issuing authority — Government of [State], Urban Development Department, or the relevant Municipal Corporation. We do not aggregate from blogs, third-party sites, or older repealed editions. Source URLs are visible at the top of each city page ("Download [Regulation] PDF" button). Last-reviewed dates are stamped per page; cities that have undergone an amendment since first publication are flagged.
Because regulations have legal weight (incorrect setbacks can lead to demolition orders or development permission denial), we mark each new city page as "Draft — pending human verification" until a registered architect or relevant authority practitioner has reviewed the values. Cities that have completed verification show no draft badge.
6 common questions about this topic, answered by civil engineers.
Ahmedabad is live today with full setback, height, and inter-building margin tables. The roadmap covers 14 more cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Surat, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Indore, Bhopal, Vadodara — published in order of search demand. To request priority for a city, write to us on the WhatsApp channel.
No. This directory is a reference, not a legal authority. Building approvals must come from the local urban body (AMC, MCGM, BBMP, DDA, etc.) following formal application procedures. Use this resource for feasibility studies, plot purchase decisions, and pre-design checks. Always verify final values with a licensed architect and the issuing ULB before applying for development permission or starting construction.
Each city page carries a 'last reviewed' date. We track amendments to source regulations via the issuing authority's public notification page and update the data file when a corrigendum or amendment is gazetted. Major regulation revisions (e.g. CGDCR 2017 → CGDCR 20XX when issued) trigger a full re-extraction. We do not push silent updates — every change is dated and logged in the source citation block of the relevant city page.
Most Indian DCRs split setback rules by use category. Single-family and two-family dwellings (often called Dwelling-1 and Dwelling-2, DW1/DW2) get setbacks based on plot size — small urban plots get smaller margins to preserve buildable area. Apartments, mixed-use, commercial, and institutional buildings get setbacks based on building height — the taller the building, the larger the side and rear margins, primarily for fire access and inter-building daylight. Industrial buildings have a separate, generally larger margin schedule for safety reasons.
The calculator returns the standard front, side, and rear setbacks for a plot abutting one road. Corner plots that abut two or more roads must observe the front (road-side) margin on every abutting side — not just the primary road. This is uniform across Indian DCRs and reduces buildable area significantly on tight corner sites. For corner plot calculations, apply the front-setback value to each abutting road individually; side/rear margin then applies only to the remaining (non-road) plot boundaries.
Yes. Every live city page has a 'Download [Regulation] PDF' button at the top that links to the official notification on the issuing authority's website (ahmedabadcity.gov.in, mumbaidp.mcgm.gov.in, etc.). InfraLens does not host these PDFs; we link directly to the source so you always get the current published version. If a source URL goes dead due to a portal redesign, write to us via the WhatsApp channel and we'll find the new mirror.