The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has rolled out its most closely watched land scheme in years. Officially designated RPS-10, the scheme offers 973 residential plots across three sectors directly in the growth radius of the Noida International Airport at Jewar, and it has landed at a moment when the airport itself is still ramping up toward full-scale operations. According to reports, this is YEIDA's first residential scheme of FY 2026-27 and its largest in geographic spread, covering three sectors simultaneously near Jewar Airport.
The plots are spread across Sectors 15C, 18, and 24A, in sizes ranging from 162 sq m to 290 sq m, giving buyers a spread of budgets to choose from. Pricing has been fixed at an average of around Rs 36,260 per sq m, meaning a 162 sq m plot works out to roughly Rs 56.7 lakh while a 290 sq m plot costs approximately Rs 1.015 crore, before development charges, stamp duty and registration costs are added. Applications opened on April 6, 2026, and the computerised draw of lots is officially scheduled for June 18, 2026. Applicants must pay a 10% registration amount along with a non-refundable processing fee of roughly Rs 600 plus GST, and importantly, the registration amount (10% of plot cost) is fully refundable if you are not allotted, which significantly lowers the risk of applying.
Demand has been extraordinary. So far, more than 38,000 applications have been received for just 973 plots, making this one of the most oversubscribed YEIDA schemes on record. The authority has also built in social equity measures — a total of 17.5% of the plots are reserved for farmers whose land was acquired for the development of the Yamuna Authority and the airport, ensuring that families displaced by the airport project share in its upside.
The timing is not incidental. The scheme has drawn a lot of attention due to its proximity to the newly inaugurated Noida International Airport, which received its formal inauguration from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 28, 2026, ahead of commercial flights that began on June 15, 2026, when an IndiGo service from Lucknow became the airport's first commercial flight. Akasa Air followed with daily flights from June 16, 2026, connecting Jewar with Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai, while Phase 1 of the airport has one runway and one passenger terminal, able to handle around 12 million passengers a year, a number designed to scale up sharply as later phases come online.
Land values along this corridor have already moved well ahead of the airport's full operationalisation. The average prices for plots and land in Jewar have increased by 50 percent in the last five years, with current rates clocking around Rs 1,600 per sq ft, and separate industry analysis has found that real estate prices along the Yamuna Expressway corridor have increased by nearly 3x for apartments and around 1.5x for plots over the past five years. Forecasts suggest the momentum isn't done: the same report projects prices to rise further by 28 percent and 22 percent for plots and apartments, respectively, over the next two years.
Developers active in the broader Noida market are already pricing in this shift. Yash Garg, Director of M3M Noida, has pointed to the scale of the transformation underway, noting that starting from the Yamuna Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway, Metro connectivity, Namo Bharat Rail connectivity to a Global Airport connection, things are going to change for real estate in Noida. He has also flagged that prices are speculated to rise by 20 to 30 percent, but the actual game will start once the airport starts functioning — a view that aligns closely with why YEIDA timed RPS-10 to launch ahead of the airport's full-capacity operations rather than after.
For a homebuyer, the practical distinction to understand is that YEIDA plots are a long-term land play, not an immediate housing solution. They offer government-backed clear title and a transparent lottery system, but successful applicants still need to build, and social infrastructure around Sectors 15C, 18 and 24A is at an early stage. Buyers looking for a ready or near-ready home in the same growth corridor are increasingly turning to organised developers building apartments and plotted developments directly along the Yamuna Expressway and in established Noida sectors, where construction timelines and amenities are already defined. This dual-track market — government plots for long-horizon land appreciation, and branded developer projects for livability now — is shaping how both investors and end-users are approaching the Jewar Airport growth story in 2026.
