Telangana is keen to consolidate its position as the preferred destination for global capacity centers in India and become a leading hub for the GCC in the Asia-Pacific region.
Accelerating advanced research and economic prosperity through a future-ready ecosystem for multinational corporations will be at the heart of how the state decides to achieve the goal by introducing a number of supportive measures, including the introduction of a comprehensive GCC Telangana Policy (2025-2030). Another key part of the strategy will be the establishment of a single window nodal body to ensure policy clarity, expedite approvals and enhance investor confidence and experience, as per the Telangana Rising 2047 vision.
In addition to the five-year policy and the one-stop nodal body, the state will introduce targeted subsidies and reimbursements to increase competitiveness and attract new GCC countries. It also plans to track GCC-related employment, innovation index and export growth to ensure measurable results, a draft document accessed by The Hindu showed.
As part of its strategies to make Telangana an investment magnet, the government said in the GCC chapter that by 2047, Telangana will be positioned as India’s highest innovation GCC ecosystem, leveraging its established strengths in IT, pharma and governance while pioneering new frontiers in artificial intelligence (AI), biotech and sustainable development.
Home to 355 GCC
The Vision documentary is scheduled to be unveiled at a grand event to coincide with two years of A. Revanth Reddy’s rule near Hyderabad on December 8-9. Telangana is now home to at least 355 GCCs in operation, or 21% of such facilities in India. Establishments in the state contribute to more than one-third of Telangana’s IT exports and employ around 3.20 lakh professionals.
India hosts more than 1,700 GCCs, employing nearly 19,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 and generating $64.6 billion in revenue in FY2024, a figure that is projected to reach $105 billion by 2030. GCCs in Telangana are expected to earn USD 50 billion by 2030 and USD 150-304,070 billion according to their industry classification. Technology, 25% in BFSI, 20% Pharma and others (15%).
Apart from policy and governance measures, Telangana’s goals are to become a leading hub for the GCC in the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the talent and skills ecosystem; infrastructure and connectivity; ecosystem development; in addition to fiscal incentives and financial support.
The state plans to promote the construction of 15 million square feet of Class A office space by 2030. For balanced growth, the State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation will anchor clusters in Warangal, Karimnagar and Nizamabad. In addition to these measures, on the infrastructure and connectivity front, the state will improve connectivity to major GCC clusters for better workforce availability and efficiency.
In terms of fiscal incentives and support, the draft vision document outlined plans to introduce capital expenditure incentives to attract the GCC; opex subsidy support to support long-term settlement; and issuing research grants, including patent assistance, to GCC countries investing in domestic R&D. Telangana will train professionals in AI/ML, cloud, cyber security, data analytics and life sciences through its programs led by Young India Skills University and establish mandatory university partnerships offering subsidized internships.
Published – 26 Nov 2025 20:42 IST
