The New Okhla Industrial Development Area, usually shortened to NOIDA (Hindi: नोएडा, Urdu: نوئڈا - popularly called Noida), is an area under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (also called NOIDA). Noida came into existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". Sanjay Gandhi set it up as part of an urbanisation thrust during the controversial Emergency period (1975-1977). The city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh state and was created under the UP Industrial Area Development Act. It has first-class amenities and is considered to be one of the more modern suburbs of Delhi in the National Capital Region. It is also home to the Noida Film City.
Presently, the city is a separate district called Gautam Budh Nagar, with its administrative headquarters at Surajpur, a nearby town. However, the highest government official, the District Magistrate (DM), stays in Noida. The city is part of the Noida-Dadri legislative assembly seat (Vidhan Sabha) and Khurja Parliamentary seat (Lok Sabha).
Located in the north of India, NOIDA is proximate to Delhi. It is bound on the west and south-west by the river Yamuna, on the north and north-west by Delhi, on the north-east by Delhi and Ghaziabad and on the north-east, east and south-east by the river Hindon. Noida falls under the catchment area of the Yamuna river, and is based on the old river bed. The soil is mainly rich and loamy soil [1]and is suitable for growing seasonal vegetables, grains like wheat and cash crops like sugarcane. With the advent of urbanisation, vegetables and fruits are now the main crops.[citation needed]. The area has dry deciduous trees like Sal, Sheesham and Teak.
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