The Delhi government has approved a new 10-year industrial policy offering tailored incentives for sectors including IT, ITES, global capability centres, data centres, healthcare, logistics and precision manufacturing, with a ₹1,000 crore employment and investment support programme.
New Delhi, October 14 — The Delhi government has approved its new Industrial Policy 2026, laying out a 10-year roadmap aimed at turning the capital into a technology-driven and clean industrial hub while attracting fresh investment across 10 priority sectors.
The policy, approved by the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, includes an allocation of ₹1,000 crore under the Mukhyamantri Udyamshree Yojana for five years to promote new industries and generate employment.
A dedicated agency called Invest Delhi will act as a single point of contact for investors, helping with site selection, approvals, incentive disbursal and grievance resolution. The agency will operate through the Delhi Udyog Mitra portal, which is intended to make approval processes faster and more transparent.
For the IT, ITES and digital services sector, the policy provides a 25% incentive on digital infrastructure investment, capped at ₹10 crore for three years. Women entrepreneurs can receive support of up to ₹12 crore. Office rental assistance of 40%, capped at ₹2 crore, will also be available for three years.
Bandwidth and cloud services will be eligible for 25% assistance for two years, capped at ₹10 lakh annually, while incentives of ₹40,000 to ₹50,000 per new hire will be provided.
For Global Capability Centres, digital infrastructure investment incentives can go up to ₹50 crore, or ₹60 crore for women entrepreneurs, during the first five years. Each new employee can qualify for an incentive of ₹1 lakh to ₹1.2 lakh.
The policy also covers data centres, R&D and testing facilities, healthcare and wellness services, urban logistics, circular economy, waste management, precision manufacturing, industry-linked skill development and MSME modernisation.
Research and testing facilities can receive ₹5 lakh per patent for up to four patents, along with assistance of up to ₹25 lakh for laboratory accreditation expenses. Healthcare investments will be eligible for hiring incentives of ₹50,000 to ₹60,000 for each new specialist doctor.
New warehousing units can receive incentives of up to ₹10 crore, or ₹12 crore for women entrepreneurs, while cold-chain facilities can get support of up to ₹2 crore. Technology adoption in logistics will be supported with incentives up to ₹50 lakh, while green energy use can receive incentives of up to ₹2 crore.
The policy also places a special focus on women entrepreneurs and MSMEs, with higher incentives across multiple categories.
The government said the new framework is designed to strengthen Delhi’s position in advanced technology, GCCs, data centres, research, healthcare services, logistics and precision manufacturing while encouraging cleaner and more efficient industrial growth.
