Telangana’s single window system of according time bound approvals for industrial projects, talent pool, infrastructure as well as policy measures to spur innovation came in for rich praise from speakers at a panel discussion forming part of the Telangana Rising Global Summit on Tuesday.
Outlining the initiatives and providing a peek into the plans of the government, a senior official of the Industries department urged entrepreneurs to make most of the measures and refrain from incentive shopping.
“If you feel this is right place, make most and please be reasonable. Incentive shopping by industries should be avoided,” Commissioner/Director of Industries Nikhil Chakravarthi J told the panel discussion on ‘Building Telangana’s entrepreneurship ecosystem: Ease of doing business 2.0.’
Incentives indeed have turned out to be a major factor spurring industrial development of several States such as the pharma industry in Himachal Pradesh’s, it over time resulted in companies resorting to locating projects based on the incentives instead of the inherent advantages, he sought to highlight.
On Telangana’s efforts to take the information technology industry growth beyond Hyderabad, he said the State government has constructed IT towers in a number of tier II and III cities. It is also providing differential incentives, be it by way of capital subsidy or SGST. Certain challenges in promoting a geographically inclusive growth of the IT sector remain, especially talent availability. Yet, the government intends to set up IT parks in more cities.
Another measure aimed at promoting growth of MSMEs in the manufacturing sector are the flatted factory complexes developed in at least six districts by the government. On an average 1,500 sq ft in size, such facilities are best suited for micro, small and medium enterprises and there are plans to develop them in all the 33 districts.
CtrlS Datacenters Director Rajiv Trivedi said TG-iPASS system of time bound approvals is a key differentiator. He also hailed the talent pool, fibre connectivity, government allocation of land at subsidised prices, issue of financial incentives besides the setting up T-Hub, T-Works and We Hub as driving forces behind innovation. He wanted the government to take proactive steps on the energy front by promoting small modular reactors.
Darwinbox co-founder Chaitanya Peddi said availability of human capital defines success for companies. “It is becoming easy for us to attract talent [in Telangana] because of the infrastructure. Quality of living is [also] good, probably the best in the country,” he said.
Abhishek Bhutani, Managing Director, Logistics and Industrial Services – India at Cushman & Wakefield said major advantage is Telangana being equidistant from the western and eastern coast of the country.
Prasanna Tantri, Associate Professor-Finance at the Indian School of Business stressed the need for the government to engage with new age firms and not just established entities while framing policies.
Published – December 09, 2025 11:05 pm IST
