Bangalore Development Authority

Bangalore Development Authority
	Logo of the BDA
	; A shopping complex built by the BDA on the Inner Ring Road, Koramangala
Planning Authority overview
Formed	6 January 1976
Superseding agency	City Improvement Trust Board;
Jurisdiction	Government of Karnataka
Headquarters	Bangalore
Employees	486
Annual budget	Rs. 5067.65 crore (2012)
Minister responsible	D. K. Shivakumar (DCM);
Planning Authority executive	M.B. Rajesh Gowda, Commissioner;
Website	bdabangalore.org

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) of Bangalore, India, is a governmental organization (referred to within India as a parastatal entity) and the principal planning authority for Bangalore. Its function, under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act of 1961, is as a regulatory body required "to prepare in the prescribed manner a Comprehensive Development Plan" for the Bangalore Metropolitan Region. It also oversees planning and development of infrastructure, provision of development-related sites and services, the housing needs of underprivileged citizens in Bangalore and is currently the city's largest land developer. No other authority or person may undertake development within the Bangalore Metropolitan Region without the permission of the BDA.

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