NLMC Invites Bids for 5.119-Acre HIL Land Parcel in New Delhi

The correct answer is Rs 829.69 crore. That is the floor below which the freehold parcel at Najafgarh Industrial Area will not be sold, and every bid in the electronic auction has to start from it. The bidding then moves up in steps of at least Rs 1 crore per acre. Option A and option C are figures close to the real one and are the kind of distractor a paper setter builds by shifting the first digit, so the number has to be learnt exactly. Option D, Rs 16.60 crore, is also drawn from this auction, but it is the earnest money a bidder must deposit to enter the process, not the reserve price; mixing the two up is the commonest error in questions of this type. A further figure worth separating from both is the processing fee of Rs 24 lakh, which is payable only by the highest bidder.

The correct answer is the Department of Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Finance. NLMC was set up to help central public sector enterprises and other government entities monetise surplus land and non-core assets, and it sits in that department. In the present case it is facilitating the sale on behalf of HIL (India) Limited, which owns the plot. Option B names the Department of Land Resources, which works on land records and watershed programmes under the Ministry of Rural Development and has no role in monetising enterprise assets. Option C, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, deals with industrial policy and foreign direct investment questions. Option D pairs the Department of Expenditure with the wrong ministry altogether, since that department belongs to the Ministry of Finance and not to Home Affairs. Candidates should remember the chain: NLMC, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance.

The correct answer is 5.119 acres, which works out to about 20,722.93 square metres. The parcel carries an industrial land use and is being offered for outright sale through an e-tender followed by an e-auction. The release makes clear that the area is provisional and indicative, and that the exact extent will be fixed through a joint survey conducted with the successful bidder, so the figure should be remembered along with that qualification. Option A, option C and option D are built by changing one digit or shifting the decimal point, which is exactly how such distractors are framed in objective papers. Candidates should therefore link the plot with its two paired measures, the acreage and the figure in square metres, and keep in mind that the sale is on an as-is-where-is basis with no recourse to the seller.

The correct answer is 19 November 2026. Registration, the technical bid and the earnest money or bank guarantee have all to reach the corporation by that date, after which the technical bids are opened on 20 November 2026. Option A, 29 October 2026, is the last date for sending queries about the auction, not for the bid itself. Option B, 3 November 2026, is the day fixed for the pre-bid meeting in New Delhi, where prospective bidders can have the process explained to them. Option D, 23 November 2026, is the date of the mock auction, a trial run held before the real bidding; the e-auction date is to be announced only after the technical bids have been opened. Keeping this calendar in order is the point of the question, since all four dates belong to the same auction and are easily confused with one another.