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Global mobility · 7 min · 30 Apr 2026

Structuring a relocation policy for your India GCC

India's capability-centre landscape is deepening across metros and emerging corridors. Here is how mobility leaders should think about landing people at scale.

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  • IKAN mobility strategy team
  • Sources listed below
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Aerial view of an Indian industrial and GCC corridor
Editorial illustration · not a live case record

India's capability-centre landscape continues to deepen across established metros and emerging corridors. For mobility teams, that means planning group arrivals against real local capacity rather than a generic national playbook.

01

Lead with immigration and compliance

At scale, immigration is a bottleneck and a risk. Build the policy around careful categorisation, evidence and registration planning, with named ownership and clear authority dependencies.

Immigration routeCohort capacityCity choicesReporting decision
02

Plan for the family, budget for retention

Homes, schools, partner needs and daily life can materially affect a group arrival. Plan their scope alongside the work move, with clear ownership and realistic local choices from the beginning.

03

Cover the corridors, not just the metros

Projects in corridors such as Sanand, Dholera, Devanahalli and Neemrana can sit outside familiar housing and transport markets. Confirm current capacity and travel routes before committing the cohort plan.

04

Measure what matters

Agree which milestones, open decisions, compliance evidence, experience signals and spend records the programme actually needs. The reporting model should follow the engagement and the decisions its owners need to make.

Sources and useful next routes
  1. 01IKAN GCC route
  2. 02IKAN city coverage

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