GMADA Eco City 2 Extension & Eco City 3 Plots 2026: Official Update, Expected Price, Draw, Land Pooling & Buyer Guide

New Chandigarh mein GMADA ki nayi plotted development schemes ko lekar buyers aur investors ke beech kaafi interest hai. Eco City-2 Extension aur Eco City-3 ko lekar plot numbers aur prices ki kai baatein circulate ho rahi hain — sabse zyada discussed figure hai “1,900 plots”, jisme 600 Eco City-2 Extension se aur 1,300 Eco City-3 se batae jaate hain. Lekin har figure ko official confirmation maan lena sahi nahi hai.

Is article mein hum confirmed information aur reported / expected information ko alag-alag rakh rahe hain. Aapko har claim ke saath source bhi milega, aur aakhir mein ek complete fact-check summary table — taaki aap khud verify kar sakein ki kaunsi baat official hai, kaunsi media-reported hai, aur kaunsi abhi tak officially confirmed nahi hai.

Yeh sales brochure nahi hai. Yeh ek research report + buyer guide hai. Royals ka positioning simple hai — property se pehle information.

1. At a Glance: Confirmed vs Reported vs Expected

Before you read 4,000 words, here is the entire situation in one table. This is the fastest way to understand where GMADA Eco City 2 Extension 2026 and Eco City-3 actually stand today.

2. 1,900 Plots: Fact ya Expectation? (The Core Fact-Check)

What is actually reported

• Media coverage, including a Dainik Jagran report on the proposed Eco City-2 Extension, describes a scheme in New Chandigarh covering approximately 96 acres.
• Multiple property portals and regional reports have discussed a combined launch strategy — Eco City-2 Extension and Eco City-3 being launched together once infrastructure works are completed.
• Figures of “around 600” and “around 1,300” plots have circulated in that same reporting ecosystem and on social media.

What is officially documented

• GMADA’s official site carries the Revised Schedule of Events for the Eco City-2, 289 Residential Plots Scheme — an earlier scheme, useful as historical context only.
• GMADA’s Public Notices section carries Eco City-3 land-acquisition notices and land-pooling plot-size option notices plus corrigenda.
• The Tribune reported GMADA’s 716-acre Eco City-3 acquisition and compensation award, and separately GMADA’s 2025–26 base-rate revision.

What remains unconfirmed

Nowhere in the currently available public GMADA material is there a single notification stating: “1,900 plots will be released — 600 from Eco City-2 Extension and 1,300 from Eco City-3.” Until that appears as a scheme notification with a brochure, the number is a market expectation.

Why does this matter so much? Because in plotted schemes, people make financial commitments — arranging EMD, breaking FDs, selling other assets — based on an assumed inventory and an assumed price. If the final scheme comes out with a different plot count, different sizes or a different price band, those assumptions become expensive mistakes.

3. Eco City-2 Extension Kya Hai?

Eco City is GMADA’s flagship township brand in New Chandigarh (Mullanpur belt), sitting at the foothills near the Chandigarh boundary. Eco City-1 and Eco City-2 are already established names in the Tricity plotted market. Eco City-2 Extension, as the name suggests, is a proposed expansion adjoining the existing Eco City-2 pocket rather than a standalone new township on a different side of the city.

Key characteristics (as reported)

• Location: New Chandigarh, in the Mullanpur–Hoshiarpur village belt of Kharar sub-division, adjacent to the developed Eco City corridor.
• Approximate area: Around 96 acres, per media reporting.
• Land origin: Reports indicate the land base traces back to GMADA’s earlier land-pooling exercise, with the scheme having faced a long procedural delay before returning to execution.
• Mix: Residential plots with a commercial component — though the exact residential/commercial split must come from the official brochure.

Eco City-2 vs Eco City-2 Extension — the difference buyers keep missing

Eco City-2 is an existing GMADA development with an allotment history — GMADA has previously run schemes there, including the 289 Residential Plots Scheme whose revised schedule still sits on the official portal. You can buy in Eco City-2 today through the resale market.

Eco City-2 Extension is a proposed/under-preparation scheme in the adjoining pocket. You cannot buy in it today from GMADA, because there is no live public application window at the time of writing. These are two different transactions with two different risk profiles, and treating them as one is the single most common mistake we see in client conversations.

Why this pocket matters strategically

New Chandigarh’s growth has been driven by institutional anchors rather than speculative demand alone — the Medicity corridor, education institutions, and the PGI-satellite health infrastructure planned in the belt. Plotted supply in a government-planned township, with clean title chains and no builder layer, is structurally scarce near Chandigarh. That is a factual observation about supply, not a promise of returns.

4. 600 Plots Ki Baat Kahan Se Aa Rahi Hai?

A figure of approximately 600 plots for Eco City-2 Extension has been circulating across property WhatsApp groups, YouTube channels and aggregator blogs since early 2026. Interestingly, other reports in the same period mentioned much smaller counts — for example a residential break-up of roughly 135 one-kanal and 18 two-kanal plots, and separate coverage citing 185 plots in a draw-based Eco City-2 offering.

Notice the problem: the numbers do not agree with each other. That inconsistency itself is the evidence that no single official inventory figure has been published yet.

What an official GMADA notification should confirm

When the real notification lands, it will settle every one of these. Until then, any of these can move:

5. Eco City-3 Kya Hai? (Land Pooling Explained Properly)

Eco City-3 is a much larger and structurally different animal. It is not simply “another GMADA draw scheme”. It is a land acquisition + land pooling project.

The verified timeline

The nine villages named in the award include Takipur, Kansala, Kartarpur, Rajgarh, Hoshiarpur, Majra, Salamatpur, Rasulpur and Dhodemajra — all in the Kharar sub-division belt of New Chandigarh.

How land pooling actually works

Under land pooling, a farmer does not simply take cash and walk away. He becomes a stakeholder in the township. In exchange for surrendering agricultural land, he receives developed plots inside the future township.

As reported for Eco City-3, the entitlement per acre of acquired land is:

• 1,000 sq yd residential + 200 sq yd commercial per acre, or
• 1,600 sq yd residential per acre if the landowner does not opt for the commercial component.

Landowners were given a window (reported as 120 days) to apply for pooling, along with additional benefits such as a convenience certificate for stamp-duty exemption on agricultural land purchase within two years, an agricultural electricity connection, and an annual subsistence allowance.

The revised 7-Kanal Option B entitlement

GMADA has issued corrigenda revising the plot-size options for Eco City-3 land pooling — the relevant official document is available on the GMADA site (Eco City-3 land pooling plot size option document, GMADA). Reporting around this correction indicates that for landowners contributing 7 kanal and choosing Option B, the total residential entitlement was revised upward from 1,000 sq yd to 1,100 sq yd — a 100 sq yd improvement in the residential component of the package.

LOI — and why it confuses buyers

In pooling schemes, landowners typically first receive a Letter of Intent (LOI) confirming their entitlement, well before actual plot numbers are allotted and long before physical possession of a developed plot. LOIs get traded in the grey market. An LOI is not a plot. It is a claim on a future plot, subject to development, allotment, plot numbering, transfer permissions and the authority’s own terms.

Why Eco City-3 should NOT be treated like a normal public-draw scheme

This is the distinction the entire “1,300 plots” conversation ignores:

A land-pooling document that says “X plots of Y size will be created” is describing the township’s plot plan and entitlement structure. It is not announcing how many plots the general public can apply for.

6. Kya Eco City-3 ke 1,300 Plots Officially Confirmed Hain?

Here is how a number like 1,300 typically gets born in the market. Someone takes a plot-plan or entitlement table from a pooling document, adds up the plot counts, and publishes it as “1,300 plots coming”. It then gets copied across twenty websites. Within a week it sounds like an announcement.

But that aggregate number can include landowner-entitlement plots, plots of multiple sizes, plots reserved for institutional or government use, and plots that will be created across several phases over many years. It is not an application inventory.

Also worth remembering: Eco City-3 has a documented history of timeline slippage — proposed 2016, scrapped 2020, restarted 2022, award announced late 2025. Development of sewerage, stormwater drains, water supply and road networks across 716 acres is a multi-year exercise. Realistic expectation for full township maturity in such projects is measured in years, not quarters.

7. ₹65,000 Per Sq Yard Rate: Samajhna Sabse Zaroori Hai

This is where most investors go wrong, so read this section slowly.

As reported by The Tribune on GMADA’s base-rate revision, GMADA revised base rates for different categories of plots in Mohali district by roughly 10 per cent for 2025–26. Within that revision:

Now the critical part. The same report notes that these base rates are applicable for allotment to government, semi-government and non-government organisations, and for implementing court orders and fixing non-construction fees — and that the market rate of these plots is significantly higher than the rates fixed by the authority.

Five different “prices” — never mix them up

So: ₹65,000 is a base rate, not a promise of your allotment price. A new scheme can price differently, and historically GMADA’s auction outcomes have landed well above reserve when demand is strong — one reported March 2026 Sector 68 residential auction closed at roughly a 228% premium over reserve price.

Why a final scheme price can differ from the base rate

• Plot size category (smaller plots often carry a different per-yard rate than larger ones)
• Location within the township — sector position, block, pocket
• Corner plot premium
• Park-facing / green-belt-facing premium
• Road width facing the plot (wider road = higher preferential location charge)
• Residential vs commercial category
• External and internal development charges (EDC / IDC)
• GST where applicable, and other applicable government charges
• Stamp duty and registration at the time of conveyance
• Scheme-specific pricing policy at the time of launch

8. Price Calculator — Educational Only

These tables exist to help you understand ticket size, not to predict the scheme price. Use them to test whether your budget can even participate.

Illustration A — at ₹65,000 per sq yd

⚠️ ILLUSTRATIVE CALCULATION ONLY — NOT AN OFFICIAL GMADA ALLOTMENT PRICE.

Illustration B — at ₹75,000 per sq yd

⚠️ ILLUSTRATIVE CALCULATION ONLY — NOT AN OFFICIAL GMADA ALLOTMENT PRICE.

Look at the spread, not the number

Notice what a roughly 15% difference in per-yard rate does to a 500 sq yd plot: it adds ₹50 lakh. That is the entire point of this section. Your affordability must survive a 10–20% variation from whatever number you are planning around, plus development charges, plus stamp duty and registration, plus construction cost afterwards.

Total acquisition cost is always higher than plot price × area. Budget for EDC/IDC, preferential location charges, applicable GST, stamp duty, registration, and any non-construction fee if you delay building beyond the permitted period.

9. GMADA Draw System Kaise Kaam Karta Hai?

GMADA has historically allotted residential plots through a computerised draw of lots, and commercial sites through e-auction. Here is the general process, based on how past GMADA schemes such as the Eco City-2 289-plot scheme and the IT City residential plot scheme were run:

1. Official notification & brochure published on gmada.gov.in with full terms
2. Application window opens — typically a short window of a few weeks only
3. Eligibility conditions apply (age, documents, category, existing-property restrictions)
4. Application fee paid — generally non-refundable
5. EMD / earnest money deposited — a percentage of plot price, blocked until the draw concludes
6. Scrutiny of applications and documents by GMADA
7. List of eligible applicants published
8. Computerised draw of lots held, category-wise
9. LOI / allotment letter issued to successful applicants
10. Payment schedule begins — lump sum or instalments per brochure
11. Documentation & conveyance deed execution
12. Possession, development and construction within the permitted period

10. Who Should NOT Rush (Read This Twice)

Every GMADA launch cycle produces the same pressure lines. Here is why none of them is a reason to apply:

The correct sequence is boring and it works: wait for the notification → read the brochure → check eligibility → confirm your liquidity → then decide. An application window is usually 15–30 days. That is enough time for a prepared buyer and never enough for an unprepared one. So prepare now, decide later.

11. Eco City-2 vs Eco City-2 Extension vs Eco City-3

12. Location & Connectivity: New Chandigarh Corridor

New Chandigarh (Mullanpur) sits on the north-western edge of the Tricity, closest to the Shivalik foothills. Connectivity is one of the factors buyers typically evaluate — here is the factual picture, without hype.

Connectivity

• Chandigarh: Direct access via the Mullanpur road corridor; among the shortest approaches into Chandigarh’s northern sectors from any Tricity satellite township.
• Mohali: Connected through the PR-7 / Airport Road ring network, linking New Chandigarh to Aerocity, IT City and Sector 66–82 belt.
• Kurali & Kharar: The Eco City belt falls in Kharar sub-division; the Kurali–Kharar highway stretch feeds regional traffic.
• Baddi–Nalagarh side: Industrial corridor access via the Himachal-facing road network, relevant for industrialist buyers.
• Airport: Chandigarh International Airport via the Airport Road / PR-7 spine.

Infrastructure & institutional anchors

• Medicity: The healthcare-education cluster in New Chandigarh, with multi-speciality hospital and medical-education infrastructure.
• PGI satellite facility planned in the belt — a genuine long-term employment and footfall anchor.
• Education institutions across the Mullanpur–Kharar corridor.
• Eco City-1 and Eco City-2 already function as developed, occupied plotted pockets — meaning this is not raw, unproven land.

Employment & future development

Employment in this corridor is largely institutional (healthcare, education, government) rather than purely commercial — which historically produces steadier, less cyclical residential demand than pure IT-driven corridors. Mohali’s IT City and Aerocity corridor complements it from the other side of the ring road.

13. Investment Analysis: Honest Pros and Cons

Short-term perspective (0–2 years)

There is limited short-term logic here. Pre-launch you cannot buy from GMADA at all. Post-allotment, plots typically carry transfer restrictions and an undeveloped site has thin resale demand. If your horizon is under two years, this is not the right instrument.

Long-term perspective (5–10 years)

The long-term case rests on infrastructure delivery, not on plot count. GMADA corridors have historically performed where roads, sewerage, water and power actually arrived. Where they didn’t, plots sat flat for years. Track infrastructure tenders and execution, not launch headlines.

14. End-User vs Investor: Different Checklists Entirely

These two profiles should not use the same decision framework. An end user can tolerate a slow-developing sector if the price is right, because he’ll live there. An investor cannot, because his return depends entirely on someone else wanting to buy it from him at a higher price within a defined window.

15. NRI / OCI Buyers: What to Verify

Broadly, NRIs and OCI cardholders can acquire residential and commercial immovable property in India under FEMA, with payments routed through NRE/NRO/FCNR accounts and normal banking channels. Agricultural land, plantation property and farmhouses sit in a different category with different restrictions.

For GMADA schemes specifically, NRI applicants should verify from the brochure itself:

• Whether the scheme has any residency or domicile-linked eligibility conditions
• Accepted payment routes and whether remittance timelines match the payment schedule
• Power of Attorney requirements — format, attestation/apostille, and whether GMADA accepts POA-based applications
• KYC document set acceptable for non-resident applicants
• Tax implications: TDS on resale, capital gains treatment, repatriation limits
• Whether the property category being purchased is permitted under FEMA for your specific status

16. The 15-Point Buyer Checklist (Before You Apply)

1. Official notification — downloaded from gmada.gov.in, not forwarded on WhatsApp
2. RERA / project registration status where applicable, verified at rera.punjab.gov.in
3. Exact plot number and its position on the approved layout plan
4. Plot size in sq yd, confirmed in writing
5. Category — residential vs commercial, general vs reserved
6. Base / reserve / allotment price — know which one you’re being quoted
7. EMD amount and refund mechanism if unsuccessful in the draw
8. Payment schedule — lump sum vs instalments, interest on delay
9. Development charges — EDC, IDC, PLC, and what’s included vs extra
10. Possession & development timeline stated in the brochure
11. Road width facing the plot and any associated premium
12. Land use / zoning as per the approved master plan
13. Transfer restrictions — lock-in period before resale is permitted
14. Cancellation and refund rules — including deduction percentages
15. Resale and liquidity reality check for that specific pocket

17. Documents You Must Download and Save

Save these as PDFs with dates in the filename. Websites get updated; your downloaded copy is your evidence.

• Official GMADA scheme brochure
• Application form and instructions
• The public notice as published in newspapers
• Approved layout plan showing your plot’s position
• Payment schedule and terms & conditions document
• Allotment letter / LOI once issued
• RERA documents where applicable
• Land-pooling notification and any corrigenda (critical for Eco City-3)
• Receipts for every payment made, including application fee and EMD
• Any extension or corrigendum notice affecting your scheme’s dates

18. Official & Reference Links (Verify Everything Yourself)

19. Frequently Asked Questions

20. Fact-Check Summary

21. Expert Insight — Manindar Verma

“In fifteen years of working the Tricity market, I have watched the same cycle repeat before every GMADA launch. A number starts circulating. It gets repeated until it sounds official. People arrange money around it. Then the brochure comes out — and the sizes, the price band or the plot count is different from what everyone assumed.

The buyers who do well in GMADA schemes are never the ones who knew the rumour first. They are the ones who had their KYC ready, their EMD liquid, their eligibility checked and their maximum price decided before the window opened. That preparation takes two weeks and costs nothing.

My honest advice on Eco City-2 Extension and Eco City-3 right now: prepare fully, apply only after reading the actual notification, and do not let anyone tell you that a base rate is a selling price. If you want to be in New Chandigarh today rather than in three years, the developed Eco City-1 and Eco City-2 resale market is a real, available alternative worth comparing side by side.”

22. Final Verdict

New Chandigarh’s Eco City corridor is one of the more credible plotted-development stories in North India — government-planned, title-clean, institutionally anchored. That part is genuine.

What is not genuine is the certainty currently attached to the “1,900 plots” narrative. As of 17 September 2026, the confirmed facts are the Eco City-3 acquisition and award, the land-pooling entitlement structure, and the 2025–26 base-rate revision. Everything about plot counts, launch dates and allotment prices remains in the reported-or-expected column.

So the verdict is not “buy” or “avoid”. It is: prepare properly, verify officially, and decide with a number that actually exists. That is how you win a draw-based scheme — and how you avoid overpaying in a resale market driven by someone else’s headline.

23. How Royals Property Consultant Can Help

“GMADA ki nayi plotted schemes mein sabse zaroori cheez sirf price nahi, balki sahi information hai.”

Royals Property Consultant is an independent property consulting and information brand. We are not the authority issuing GMADA schemes, and we make no claim to special access, influence or inside information regarding any government allotment. What we do is groundwork:

• Help you actually understand a scheme brochure — clause by clause, in plain language
• Compare New Chandigarh options against Mohali, Zirakpur and Panchkula alternatives
• Evaluate a specific plot’s location, road width, block position and surroundings on the ground
• Compare existing Eco City-1 and Eco City-2 resale inventory against waiting for a new scheme
• Explain resale realities, transfer restrictions and exit options honestly
• Coordinate site visits, including virtual walkthroughs for NRI clients
• Review property documents and flag what needs professional legal scrutiny
• Present builder and project alternatives when a plot doesn’t fit your timeline
• Connect you with qualified legal, documentation and tax professionals where needed