New Parliament House

The New Parliament House (Sansad Bhavan) is the new home of the Indian Parliament, inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on 28 May 2023 — replacing the British-era 1927 Sansad Bhavan circular building (which had become operationally inadequate after a century of MP+secretariat growth). The new building is the centrepiece of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project — a comprehensive renewal of Delhi's central government precinct.

The distinctive feature is the triangular floor plan — a deliberate departure from the original circular Sansad Bhavan to provide more efficient layout for the expanded number of MPs (Lok Sabha at 543 currently + projected expansion to 888 after the 2026 delimitation). The triangular design was conceived by architect Bimal Patel of HCP Design (Ahmedabad), who also designed the IIT Madras expansion + the Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment.

Tata Projects executed the construction at ₹1,235 crore between 2020 and 2023 — among India's most politically scrutinised + media-covered construction projects in recent decades. The building features integrated audio-visual + voting infrastructure + simultaneous translation in 22 languages, with Lok Sabha hall capacity for 888 MPs (vs old hall's 543) and Rajya Sabha hall for 384 (vs old 250).

The project was politically contentious: Opposition parties criticised the timing during Covid-19 + the cost; multiple PILs reached the Supreme Court before final clearance. The completed building has been operationalised in stages since the May 2023 inauguration, with full Parliament sittings now in the new chamber.