Maharashtra Unveils GCC Policy 2025: ₹50,600 Crore Investments, 4 Lakh Jobs & a Digital Push

• 3 October 25

Maharashtra Unveils GCC Policy 2025: ₹50,600 Crore Investments, 4 Lakh Jobs & a Digital Push

Big Update for Businesses: Maharashtra GCC Policy 2025 is here with a clear roadmap to attract ₹50,600 crore investments, create 4 lakh high-skilled jobs, and decentralize growth beyond Mumbai and Pune. Check what’s new and how it will impact businesses.

Why This Update Matters

Maharashtra has always been a preferred hub for IT, finance, and corporate services. With the launch of the Global Capability Centre (GCC) Policy 2025, the state government has taken a bold step to strengthen its position in the global outsourcing and capability centre landscape.

The policy is designed not just to attract new GCCs but also to spread economic opportunities into Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities like Nagpur, Nashik, and Aurangabad. By offering fiscal, non-fiscal, and infrastructure incentives, the policy ensures that companies can set up faster, operate smoothly, and access a skilled workforce with reduced costs.

This move is expected to ease the expansion journey for global enterprises while creating a wave of employment, digital innovation, and infrastructure growth across Maharashtra.

Key Highlights of Maharashtra’s GCC Policy 2025

1. Huge Investment Target

• Aim to attract ₹50,600 crore investments and establish 400 new GCCs by 2029–30.

2. Employment Creation

• Plan to generate 4 lakh skilled jobs across multiple sectors including IT, finance, analytics, and digital transformation.

3. Fiscal Incentives

• Capital subsidies, payroll support, rental assistance.

• Waivers on stamp duty, electricity duty, property tax, and interest subsidies.

4. Non-Fiscal Incentives

• Industry status for GCCs.

• Extra FSI (Floor Space Index), right of way approvals, uninterrupted power & utilities.

• Single-window clearances for faster project approvals.

5. Infrastructure Development

• Creation of dedicated GCC Parks with plug-and-play offices.

• Walk-to-work designs and shared facilities for future-ready campuses.

• A Digital Databank to map talent, resources, and connectivity, helping companies choose optimal locations.

6. Strategic Partnerships

• MoU signed with ANSR to build a world-class GCC City at Raigad-Pen, boosting MMRDA’s prominence as a global hub.

What This Means for Businesses

For a long time, Maharashtra’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) were concentrated in Mumbai and Pune. This brought growth, but also rising real-estate costs, infrastructure bottlenecks, and limited hiring flexibility. The GCC Policy 2025 directly addresses these pain points.

• Lower setup costs: Subsidies on capital, payroll, and rent, plus tax waivers on property and electricity, make it far cheaper to establish new centres.

• Faster turnaround: Single-window approvals mean businesses no longer wait endlessly for permits—projects can get off the ground much quicker.

• Fresh talent pools: Business setup and Expansion in India into Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities like Nagpur, Nashik, and Aurangabad opens access to skilled professionals at competitive costs.

• Long-term viability: Instead of overcrowding metros, the policy balances growth across the state, ensuring sustainability for businesses and communities alike.

Broader Digital & Economic Push

The Maharashtra GCC Policy 2025 is also part of a much bigger vision for the state’s future. It looks beyond offices and subsidies, aiming to create a digitally enabled, innovation-driven economy.

Picture this: a financial services GCC in Raigad-Pen operating from a plug-and-play campus with uninterrupted utilities, access to a live databank of available talent, and modern “walk-to-work” infrastructure. This is not just convenience it’s a foundation for innovation.

The broader push can be understood through three priorities:

1. Balanced growth: By encouraging companies to invest in Tier-2/3 cities, the state is reducing congestion in metros and spreading opportunities to smaller urban hubs.

2. Ease of doing business: Simplified compliance, faster approvals, and shared infrastructure make Maharashtra more investor-friendly.

3. Global competitiveness: Aligned with India’s vision to lead in outsourcing and capability centres, the policy makes the state attractive for global firms seeking cost-effective yet innovative ecosystems.

This approach transforms GCCs into growth engines bringing jobs, fostering digital innovation, and creating resilient local economies.

Final Word

The Maharashtra GCC Policy 2025 is more than an incentive scheme it’s a strategic move to position the state as India’s GCC capital. For investors and businesses, this means lower risks, faster growth, and access to world-class talent and infrastructure.

For professionals, it means 4 lakh new opportunities across industries. And for the state, it marks a step toward a digitally enabled, employment-driven economy.

This is Maharashtra’s call to global businesses: “Set up here, scale globally.”