PMRDA Masterplan: Pune Metropolitan Region Zone Check

Brokers in Talegaon, Urse, Khed, and Shirur routinely market agricultural plots as "PMRDA area" without specifying the zone. The PMRDA zone certificate, issued through the online portal at zonecertificate.pmrda.gov.in is the only document that confirms the operative zone for a specific survey number. The table below sets out what each classification means for a buyer:

The PMRDA zone certificate is valid for three years from the date of digital issue, costs Rs 500 per survey number, and is obtained online using the 7/12 extract as the base document. Any plot purchase completed without this certificate carries unquantifiable legal risk.

PMRDA's 6,051.76 sq km jurisdiction spans nine talukas: Haveli, Maval, Mulshi, Khed, Shirur, Bhor, Velhe, Purandar, and Daund. The zone classification under the PMRDA Masterplan determines whether a corridor in this region is investable today, speculative, or legally frozen. Plots in PMRDA-sanctioned residential layouts within the Haveli and Maval talukas carry full bank financing eligibility and a clear development path. Plots outside TPS boundaries in Khed or Shirur talukas are a different category entirely.

The table below maps PMRDA's primary corridors against the dominant zone type and what each classification means for development rights:

The most misunderstood corridor is the Mahalunge-Maan belt. Because Metro Line 3 terminates near Hinjewadi and the TPS has received preliminary state approval under Section 86(1)(a) of the MRTP Act, 1966, brokers present pre-TPS land as de facto residential. The final approval of the Mahalunge-Man Town Planning Scheme is pending with the government. No construction permission can be issued on a TPS plot until that final approval is granted, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, and the individual plot reconstitution is completed.