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The DDA formed in 1957 reflected the Nehruvian ideals of the time. Its original objective was to provide a framework of development for the national capital’s new and chaotic growth. It gradually moved into constructing houses for Delhi’s growing middle class a section which, though not wealthy, could afford to pay for DDA houses.