A GCC in Delhi NCR (Gurugram, Noida, Delhi)

Education density

Greater Noida's Knowledge Parks hold a dense cluster of private engineering and management colleges, and Gautam Buddha Nagar has the most AICTE UG engineering institutions of any NCR district. Delhi itself has fewer AICTE colleges but the highest-ranked public technical universities (IIT Delhi, DTU, NSUT, IIIT-Delhi).

Connectivity

• Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: 246 km Sohna-Dausa-Lalsot section opened 12 Feb 2023; it cuts about 1.5 h off Delhi-Jaipur travel
• Dwarka Expressway (27.6 km, Delhi-Gurugram) fully operational from June 2025
• Namo Bharat RRTS Sarai Kale Khan-Meerut (82 km) fully open 22 Feb 2026; the trip takes under an hour
• Yamuna Expressway links Greater Noida to Jewar (Noida International Airport) and Agra
• Noida International Airport (DXN), Jewar: commercial operations from 15 Jun 2026; Phase 1 capacity 12 million passengers per annum

ACI ranked Delhi the world's 11th-busiest airport in calendar 2025 (78 million+ passengers; Business Today, 20 Aug 2026). With Noida International Airport (DXN, opened 15 Jun 2026 per Wikipedia), NCR now runs two airports. No subsea cable lands here; international bandwidth comes overland from Mumbai and Chennai.

Delhi / Haryana / Uttar Pradesh incentives

Haryana Global Capability Centre (GCC) Policy 2026 in force

Haryana's Industries & Commerce Department notified a dedicated GCC policy as Notification No. 20/07/2026-4IB-1, published in the Haryana Government Gazette (Extraordinary) No. 81-2026/Ext. on 27 May 2026. The Council of Ministers approved it on 18 May 2026, and it is valid for five years or until a new policy or amendment replaces it. It covers captive GCCs, including BOT, JV and hybrid models, that serve only group entities. Units must start commercial operations on or after 1 January 2026 and employ at least 100 people with an ESI/PF number within three years. Support is tiered by location: Gurugram outside TOD zones, Gurugram TOD zones, and all other districts. It includes CAPEX and OPEX reimbursement, a local-employment subsidy, an HKRN EPF booster, internship stipend support and R&D centre grants. Panchkula and Hisar are named as Tier-II GCC hubs. All incentives under this policy, together with central incentives for the same project, are capped at 100% of FCI. A unit cannot also claim under another Haryana policy for the same project, except the MSME and Exports Policy on heads this policy does not cover.

• capital

  CAPEX support for a unit in a non-TOD area of Gurugram district: reimbursement of 50% of eligible capital expenditure (ECE). Ceiling for leased office space (shown in the fields, the usual GCC case): the lower of INR 2.50 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 50 crore. Ceiling for owned office space: the lower of INR 3.75 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 100 crore. Paid in 10 annual instalments, starting from commercial operations or from reaching the committed investment, whichever is later. ECE includes: - building, infrastructure and utilities, and power backup (land excluded); - fit-out and furnishing; - new machinery and equipment, IT hardware and software; - stamp duty on purchase or lease of land or office space; - EDC (owned buildings only); - captive renewable energy above 100 kW; - green-building certification costs. ECE counts if incurred during the policy period, before operations start or within three years after. ECE from the year before notification also counts if operations started after 1 January 2026. The employee ceiling uses the highest eligible headcount in the first three years, in blocks of 100: a unit that exceeds a block by more than 50 moves up to the next block, so 151 counts as 200. Eligible employees are direct payroll or contract staff with ESI/PF numbers, employed continuously for at least one year. Staff relocated from the group's units outside Haryana also count.

• capital

  CAPEX support for a unit in a TOD zone of Gurugram district: reimbursement of 65% of ECE. Ceiling for leased space (shown in the fields): the lower of INR 2.50 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 75 crore. Ceiling for owned space: the lower of INR 3.75 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 125 crore. The same ECE definition and employee-block rules apply as for non-TOD Gurugram, and payment is in 10 annual instalments. TOD zones are areas the Town & Country Planning Department notifies along mass-transit corridors.

• capital

  CAPEX support for a unit in any district other than Gurugram (Tier-II, for example Panchkula or Hisar): reimbursement of 75% of ECE. Ceiling for leased space (shown in the fields): the lower of INR 2.50 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 100 crore. Ceiling for owned space: the lower of INR 3.75 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 150 crore. Payment is in 10 annual instalments.

• other

  OPEX support for a unit in a non-TOD area of Gurugram district: reimbursement of 50% of eligible operating expenditure for 5 years from the start of commercial operations. Eligible OPEX is pooled across four heads: - electricity duty; - lease rentals, counted at 75% of actual rent and capped at 6% of the property's registered-valuer valuation; - internet bandwidth from an India-registered, GST-registered provider; - cloud rental from an India-registered, GST-registered provider. Annual ceiling is the lower of INR 0.75 crore per 100 eligible employees (about INR 75,000 per employee a year) or INR 15 crore a year; the cap field is that annual INR 15 crore. The headcount for the ceiling is the year's highest, in blocks of 100. Other tiers: Gurugram TOD zones get 65% for 7 years; other districts get 65% for 9 years. Both have the same annual ceiling.

• other

  OPEX support for a unit in a TOD zone of Gurugram district: reimbursement of 65% of eligible OPEX for 7 years. The pooled heads are the same as for non-TOD Gurugram: electricity duty; lease rentals at 75% of actual rent, capped at 6% of valuation; bandwidth; and cloud. The annual ceiling is the lower of INR 0.75 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 15 crore.

• other

  OPEX support for a unit in any district other than Gurugram: reimbursement of 65% of eligible OPEX for 9 years. The pooled heads are the same as for non-TOD Gurugram: electricity duty; lease rentals at 75% of actual rent, capped at 6% of valuation; bandwidth; and cloud. The annual ceiling is the lower of INR 0.75 crore per 100 eligible employees or INR 15 crore.

• payroll

  Employment Generation and Capacity Building Subsidy for Haryana-local employees (domicile verified by Parivar Pehchan Patra), paid yearly for 10 years from the start of commercial operations. Below 15% local share, general-category locals earn nothing. Women, SC, Divyang and Ex-Servicemen locals still earn 120% of their average gross monthly salary a year, capped at INR 1 lakh. At or above 15% local share: - General-category local employee: [100% + 20% x (local share % - 15%)] of the average gross monthly salary, capped at INR 1 lakh per employee per year (shown in the fields). - Women, SC, Divyang or Ex-Servicemen local employee: [120% + 20% x (local share % - 15%)], capped at INR 1.2 lakh per employee per year. If the average gross monthly salary is below INR 48,000, the minimum is INR 48,000 per employee a year. Counts only locals employed on payroll or contract with ESI/PF for at least one year. Expansion units claim only for headcount above the pre-expansion level. Can be claimed once per employee in their lifetime. rate_pct is left null because the rate applies to one month's salary, not annual payroll.

• payroll

  Employment booster for recruitment through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN): for Haryana-local employees recruited through HKRN, 100% reimbursement of the employer's statutory EPF contribution for 5 years, on top of the employment generation subsidy. Capped at 12% of basic salary plus DA and retaining allowance, with a maximum of INR 25,000 per employee per year. The employee's own EPF contribution is also reimbursed for 5 years to the employee by DBT, with the same cap; that part does not go to the unit. Can be claimed once per employee in their lifetime.

• training

  Job Readiness Programme: the State reimburses 50% of the stipend a unit pays to interns or apprentices. The cap is INR 15,000 per intern a month for at most six months, so up to INR 90,000 one-time per intern (shown in the fields). Limited to 50 interns or apprentices per unit per financial year, and given on top of any similar central or state support. The policy also plans three public-private GCC/IT training centres with NASSCOM and industry, which carry no direct reimbursement to the unit.

• capital

  R&D centre capital subsidy: 50% of eligible capital cost for a new or existing GCC unit setting up an R&D centre anywhere in Haryana. Eligible costs are infrastructure, building, plant, equipment, power backup, hardware and software; land, working capital and technology or IP acquisition are excluded. Ceilings per R&D centre: INR 10 crore for standard projects (shown in the fields), INR 25 crore for Mega R&D projects and INR 50 crore for Ultra Mega projects. Paid in 5 annual instalments, and the application can be made within 3 years of the R&D unit starting operations. Only 5 R&D centres statewide will receive it.

• other

  R&D centre operational subsidy: 50% of eligible R&D operating expenditure, capped at INR 2 crore per R&D centre a year, for 5 years. Eligible costs are salaries of scientists, engineers and research staff; conference and seminar participation; research-paper publication fees; and research consumables and materials.