Reforms initiated by LG lead to massive bonanza for DDA. 20th Round of E-Auction for 81 plots in different categories fetch Rs. 1494.67 Crores against the reserve price of Rs. 629.19 Crores. Industrial, Commercial and Group Housing Plots a runaway success; Institutional and Residential Plots also receive massive response. Thanks to far reaching reforms initiated by Delhi LG, VK Saxena, the 20th round of e-Auction of plots in different categories like Residential, Group Housing, Commercial, Industrial and Institutional, conducted by DDA, between 21.11.2025 and 27.11.2025, has received an unprecedented overwhelming response. Against the reserve price of Rs. 629.19 Crores for 81 plots, which were placed in e-Auction, DDA has received a whopping Rs. 1494.67 Crores. For 41 plots under the Industrial Land Category, DDA received H1 bids amounting to a total of 272.39 Crores as against reserve price of Rs 53.08 Crores, which was 413.10% above the reserve price. Similarly, for 10 plots of Institutional Land, with the reserve price was Rs 224.80 Crores, DDA received highest bids amounting to a total of Rs 307.71 Crores. For 17 plots of residential land, the reserve price was Rs 52.05 Crore against which a sum of Rs 166.06 Crore was received as highest bids, 219% above the reserve price. For 10 plots in the Commercial category, having reserve price of a total of Rs 44.32 Crore, DDA received H1 bid amounting to Rs 106.02 Crore, 139% above the reserve price. Group Housing Plots, put for e-Auction witnessed extremely high competition. For 02 plots of Group Housing located in Sector 27, Dwarka, the reserve price was Rs 254.94 Crore for which highest bids amounting to a total of Rs 642.49 Crore were received. This robust rise in highest bids in various categories has been a direct result of pragmatic decisions taken by the LG and the Authority, based on extensive ground survey, stakeholder consultation and infrastructure augmentation undertaken by the DDA. In the Commercial Category, where plots could not be sold despite being put up for auction on several occasions, the overwhelming response this time is a result of the decision to reduce the reserve price multiplication factor from the earlier factor of 2 to 1.5. (Earlier, the reserve price used to be two times the circle rate, which was brought down to 1.5 times). The LG had set up a task force in December, 2024 to see the reasons behind the Commercial plots not being sold and suggest measures to address this. The earlier practice resulted in an extremely high entry barrier, deterring participation of bidders. The decision of lowering the reserve price multiplication factor resulted in much wider participation, which led to inter-category competition in the e-Auction. As a result of this, bids exceeded even the reserve price at the earlier factor of 2. Wider participation led to market forces discovering the correct market price. In the Institutional Category, the reserve price multiplication factor was brought down from the earlier 0.75 to 0.6. In the Industrial and Residential Category, the robust response can be attributed to DDA offering plots after doing a detailed need gap analysis in various areas. In the Group Housing Category, the robust H1 bidding can be directly attributed to massively improved infrastructure in the Dwarka area by way of developments like the UER, Bharat Vandana Park and better overall amenities.