A GCC in Hyderabad

Education density

AISHE 2023-24 ranks Hyderabad district 4th in India for number of colleges (465) and Ranga Reddy 9th (338). Telangana's college density is 56 per lakh people aged 18-23 (2nd among states; all-India average 32) and the state has 2,160 colleges.

Connectivity

• Nehru Outer Ring Road: 158 km, eight-lane ring expressway linking HITEC City, the Financial District and the airport
• Regional Ring Road (~340 km): Centre approved the 161 km northern half (Sangareddy-Choutuppal) in May 2026; construction bids still pending as of Sep 2026
• NH44 (Delhi-Kanyakumari) and NH65 (Pune-Machilipatnam) pass through the city
• Rail terminals: Secunderabad, Hyderabad (Nampally), Kacheguda and Charlapalli (opened Jan 2025)

Sources: Metro Phase II approval status per NewsMeter (in-principle approval for ~162 km). RRR status per Telangana Today and Indian Infrastructure (May-Sep 2026). KLM AMS-HYD launched 2 Sep 2025 (Telangana Today / AeroTime). FY2025-26 passenger figure 30,483,885 (AAI) / 30.5 mn (GMR).

Telangana incentives

Telangana ICT Policy Framework 2016 (Incentives for Expansion of IT/ITES) general it-policy

As of October 2026, Telangana has not notified a GCC-specific policy. Press reports in September 2026 said a new GCC policy was still being drafted, with incentives reserved for frontier areas such as AI, semiconductors, space and quantum, and an aim to steer centres to Tier-II towns such as Warangal, Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Adilabad. No terms have been published. The IT, Electronics & Communications Department still lists the ICT Policy Framework 2016 and its "Incentives for Expansion of IT/ITES" document (April 2016) as its ICT policy and incentives. That document says it is in force for 5 years, so it may have lapsed, and no newer ICT policy is posted on it.telangana.gov.in or invest.telangana.gov.in. A third-party policy tracker (socialsystemslab.com) records a second ICT Policy 2021-26, launched 1 April 2021 with a 31 March 2026 end date and focused on export and job targets, but no separate incentive schedule for it was found. Treat the incentives below as indicative and confirm them with the ITE&C Department before modelling. The policy is not GCC-specific. A captive GCC can claim only under a general IT/ITES category, and the large Hyderabad-specific packages are case-by-case mega-project deals. Tier II means any town outside HMDA limits.

• stamp duty

  Reimbursement of stamp duty, transfer duty and registration fee paid by IT/ITES companies on sale or lease deeds: 100% on the first transaction (shown in the fields) and 50% on the second. Not available for Mega Projects. No cap is stated.

• recruitment

  Recruitment assistance, Tier II: INR 20,000 one-time per new IT professional recruited from colleges in Telangana, for a unit that recruits at least 50 a year. Managed and paid through TASK (Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge). Mega projects get INR 10,000 per employee instead, with a minimum of 100 new IT/ITES hires a year.

• other

  Tier II anchor-unit subsidy: INR 10 lakh one-time for each of the first 5 anchor units in Tier II cities employing more than 250 IT or 500 ITeS staff.

• other

  Tier II municipal tax reimbursement for the first three years of operation, for the first 5 IT companies and IT parks in each Tier II town. No percentage or cap is stated, and the text implies full reimbursement.

• electricity

  Energy-efficiency retrofit support: reimbursement of up to 10% of the cost of a retrofitting study and energy-efficient equipment such as LEDs and smart sensors, capped at INR 10 lakh. Separately, IT units are billed at the industrial power tariff once they get a Power Category Conversion Certificate; that is a tariff classification, not a reimbursement. Tier II, product/R&D and engineering-services units may also buy renewable power on open access for up to one third of their needs.

• other

  Quality certification: reimbursement of 20% of the cost of CMM Level 4 and above, BS7799, COPC or eSCM certification, capped at INR 4 lakh and claimable once.

• land

  Allotment or long-term lease of Government land at the land and development cost set by TSIIC or HMDA. There is no rebate. In HMDA, the company needs 5 years of operations, 1,000 IT or 1,500 ITES employees and INR 50 crore turnover, and must create 500 jobs and 50,000 sq ft per acre within 3 years. In Tier II, it needs 2 years of operations and 75 employees, and must create 150 jobs and 25,000 sq ft per acre. Mega projects (above INR 200 crore investment or 1,000 jobs) get a tailor-made, Cabinet-approved package with no set rates.