Maharashtra — home to Mumbai’s financial sector and Pune’s engineering base — has focused its AI energy on GCCs and partnerships. For a business, that’s the key to reading its incentives correctly. (dgm implements osFoundry, a separate company’s platform — dgm is an independent integration partner, not osFoundry, and not a state-incentive consultant. General information, not professional advice.)

What Maharashtra offers

  • A Google MoU to apply AI in agriculture, healthcare and education. IndiaAI
  • An AI Centre of Excellence at IIIT Nagpur.
  • GCC Policy 2025 — ~400 new GCCs, ~400,000 jobs by 2030, with tax incentives and GCC parks in Mumbai and Pune. Grant Thornton

Who it’s for

The GCC Policy targets multinational capability centres and large employers; the partnerships and CoE serve government use cases and skilling. None of this is a grant for ordinary businesses to buy AI. A company in Mumbai or Pune adopting AI generally pays for it (the national pattern — see state policies overview).

A note on figures

Specific funding amounts aren’t all clearly confirmed and can change. Verify any figure with Maharashtra’s industries department or the official policy before relying on it.

Where dgm fits

dgm is an integration partner for Maharashtra companies adopting AI. We implement osFoundry — model-neutral, self-hostable, India data control — for a transparent $399 assessment and $3,999/month (INR approximate; 18% GST domestic). We don’t administer state incentives or the GCC policy; for those, work with the state or a specialist.

General information, not professional advice. Verify current programmes with Maharashtra’s industries department.