The Delhi Cabinet has approved the Delhi Industrial Policy 2026, a 10-year plan aimed at developing the national capital as a high-tech, non-polluting industrial hub while expanding employment opportunities across technology, healthcare, logistics, research and modern manufacturing.
The policy was approved under the chairpersonship of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. It focuses on building a clean, knowledge-based industrial economy and includes a proposed expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore over five years, from financial year 2026-27 to 2030-31, for the Mukhyamantri Udyamshree Yojana.
According to the policy details reported by Live Hindustan, the government intends to attract new investment, modernise existing industries, encourage women entrepreneurs and support employment for young people. Incentives will be available for capital investment, office and workplace rentals, new hiring, research, certification, technological upgrading, energy conservation and skill development.
The policy identifies 10 priority sectors. These include IT, IT-enabled services and digital services; global capability centres; data centres; research and development and testing facilities; healthcare and wellness; urban logistics; circular economy and waste management; precision manufacturing; industry-linked skill development; and technological modernisation of micro, small and medium enterprises.
For IT and digital services, the policy provides a 25% incentive on digital infrastructure for three years, capped at Rs 10 crore, or Rs 12 crore for women entrepreneurs. Eligible units can also receive 40% assistance on office rent for three years, subject to a maximum of Rs 2 crore, along with support for bandwidth, cloud services and new hiring.
Global capability centres will be eligible for a digital infrastructure incentive of up to Rs 50 crore, with the ceiling rising to Rs 60 crore for women-led enterprises. The policy also provides support for research and development, workplace development, certification and new employment. Data centres will receive incentives for capital investment, low-water-use cooling systems, data security certification and regulatory compliance preparation.
The healthcare sector has been given a separate provision for hospitals with 1,000 or more beds, which can receive assistance of up to Rs 100 crore. Support has also been proposed for wellness activities, NABH, NABL and JCI certifications, and the recruitment of specialist doctors.
The urban logistics provisions cover new warehouses, existing logistics units, cold-chain facilities, technology adoption and green energy use. In the circular economy and waste-management sector, the policy provides incentives for recycling units, facilities processing more than 10 tonnes of organic waste a day, e-waste management and environmental certification.
Precision manufacturing units will receive support for capital investment, rentals and apprentice stipends. The policy also provides incentives for skill-development infrastructure and centres of excellence, subject to minimum investment requirements. For MSMEs, technological modernisation can attract support of up to Rs 5 crore, or Rs 7 crore for women-led units, while energy-efficiency improvements and rooftop solar installations can receive assistance of up to Rs 50 lakh.
The approved policy therefore links industrial incentives with employment, resource efficiency, digital infrastructure and waste reduction. The next implementation stage will involve operationalising the listed incentives and schemes from the specified financial year, including the five-year funding provision for the Mukhyamantri Udyamshree Yojana.
