The article examines how policies in metropolitan Delhi are shaping the region's development. By looking at public transport and industrial development, it shows how actions by different levels of government are creating a metropolitan scale. For example, the metro rail system's expansion is connecting the region, while policies like Special Economic Zones are attracting investment. These efforts are building a metropolitan space with social and political implications, even though a formal political entity for the region doesn't exist yet. This challenges existing theories on how metropolitan regions are governed and developed.