Gujarat Global Capability Center (GCC) Policy (2025-30)

Gujarat is dedicated to fostering innovation through technology and supporting a dynamic ecosystem for researchers, innovators, MSMEs and startups. The Gujarat GCC Policy emphasizes the advancement of research and development and encourages emerging sectors. Targeted incentives and streamlined governance will drive innovation, positioning Gujarat as a global hub for GCCs, and propelling industrial transformation.

1.1. Vision

To position Gujarat as a leading destination for high-value Global Capability Centers by fostering innovation and enabling a world-class ecosystem that promotes sustainable growth, employment generation, and global competitiveness.

1.2. Objectives

The key objectives of this Policy are:

• Establish Gujarat as a preferred GCC hub: Facilitate the development of a robust ecosystem for GCCs by promoting investment, ease of doing business, and policy frameworks that attract global enterprises.
• Promote high-value jobs and skill development: Encourage the creation of high-skilled employment opportunities by capacity building through specialized training programs.
• Foster innovation and digital transformation: Promote research and development (R&D), facilitate collaboration between GCCs, researchers and academia, and encourage the development of cutting-edge solutions across industries, human resource innovation and R&D.
• Enhance infrastructure and connectivity: Provide state-of-the-art physical and digital infrastructure ensuring a conducive environment for GCC operations.
• Sustain economic growth and global competitiveness: Drive sustained economic growth by boosting the GCC sector’s contribution to Gujarat’s economy, fostering a competitive business environment that aligns with global standards.
• To Align with Global value chain: Enhance Gujarat’s role in alignment with the global value chain by fostering R&D ecosystem that supports multinationals and large corporate enterprises. This approach will accelerate innovation, elevate technological capabilities, and attract high-value investments across sectors.
• Enable active collaboration/partnership with stakeholders in ESDM/Semiconductor industries to enhance the availability of skilled manpower and to promote research, start-ups, or technological advances.

1.3. Aims

1.4. Strengthen Gujarat’s position by attracting multinational corporations to setup GCCs and fostering a thriving GCC ecosystem.

• Attract a minimum of 250 new GCC units through investment promotion, incentives, and streamlined regulations.
• Generate more than 50,000 employments in the state.
• Attracting an investment of INR 10,000 crore in the state.