Overview
From Policy to Performance: Designing Maharashtra’s Next Growth Architecture
As India prepares to enter its most consequential decade of economic transformation, the role of progressive, responsive, and execution-driven policy ecosystems has never been more critical.
Maharashtra — India’s economic powerhouse and leading investment destination — stands at a pivotal inflection point. With ambitious growth targets, large-scale infrastructure investments, and rapid sectoral diversification underway, the next phase of Maharashtra’s journey will be defined not by policy intent, but by policy performance.
This exclusive, closed-door CEO Roundtable at the ET NOW Global Business Summit – Scripting the Century brings together cross-industry business leaders and senior policymakers to shape the next-generation policy ecosystem — one that enables speed, scale, certainty, and global competitiveness.
The objective is to move beyond incremental reforms and co-create a future-ready governance framework that accelerates investment, de-risks execution, and positions Maharashtra as the most compelling business destination in India and beyond.
Why Maharashtra. Why Now.
Maharashtra contributes ~14% of India’s GDP, attracts over 30% of cumulative FDI inflows, and hosts the country’s deepest ecosystems across manufacturing, financial services, digital infrastructure, automotive, life sciences, and media & entertainment.
Yet, as global capital becomes more discerning and mobile, competitive advantage will increasingly depend on:
- Policy stability and predictability
- Speed of approvals and implementation
- Ease of scaling operations
- Regulatory clarity
- Infrastructure readiness
- Talent ecosystem maturity
With India targeting a $10 trillion economy by 2035, and global supply chains undergoing historic realignment, Maharashtra has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redesign its policy architecture — not just to attract investment, but to retain, deepen, and multiply it.
This is the moment to reimagine the state’s policy ecosystem as a growth accelerator rather than an enabler.
The 2026+ Imperative
The period beyond 2026 will witness simultaneous transformation across technology, manufacturing, energy, logistics, and workforce models.
Key macro signals shaping this imperative:
- $5+ trillion of global manufacturing value chains are expected to be reconfigured by 2035, as per WEF and OECD projections.
- India’s capital expenditure is projected to grow at ~11–12% CAGR through 2030, driving unprecedented infrastructure creation (World Bank & IMF projections).
- India’s digital economy is expected to cross $1 trillion by 2030, fundamentally reshaping enterprise operations and governance models.
- Energy transition investments in India are projected to exceed $250 billion by 2030, demanding agile, integrated policy frameworks.
In this environment, states that design frictionless policy ecosystems will command disproportionate investment flows.
The CEO Roundtable is therefore designed to co-create Maharashtra’s next-generation policy blueprint — one that aligns regulatory agility, infrastructure readiness, and enterprise ambition.
- 14 February 2026, New Delhi
- Session Duration: 1Hr
Key Focus Areas
- Next-Gen Policy Architecture
Designing regulatory frameworks that balance speed, compliance, flexibility, and global competitiveness. - Investment Velocity & Execution Certainty
Reimagining approvals, land, infrastructure, and incentive delivery to enable time-bound execution at scale. - Digital Governance & Ease of Doing Business 3.0
Leveraging AI, data platforms, and automation to build predictive, proactive, and transparent governance systems. - Sector-Specific Policy Playbooks
Custom frameworks for EVs, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, data centers, renewables, life sciences, and deep-tech. - Institutional Capacity & Public–Private Collaboration
Building policy institutions that co-create with industry, not just regulate it.
What to Expect
- Analyse sector-specific policy barriers and identify high-impact reform opportunities.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of existing regulatory and incentive frameworks against global benchmarks.
- Design actionable policy and execution roadmaps aligned with business growth strategies.
- Synthesize cross-industry insights to accelerate collective problem-solving and implementation.
- Forecast long-term regulatory, economic, and technology shifts to future-proof investments and expansion plans.
Speakers
Agenda
From Policy to Performance: Designing the Next Growth Architecture
These curated, closed-door roundtables are designed to enable strategic convergence between policymakers and industry leaders — shifting the discourse from intent to institution-building.
- Analysing sector-specific growth opportunities and identify high-impact investment corridors.
- Evaluating how Maharashtra’s policies and incentives can be directly applied to corporate investment strategies.
- Designing investment roadmaps and partnerships aligned with both business objectives and state priorities.
- Synthesizing cross-industry insights to accelerate decision-making and execution.
- Forecasting long-term economic and technological trends to future-proof investments.
