Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nicobar has 496 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹22,698, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 92% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nicobar, which ranks 3 of 3 in Andaman and Nicobar Island for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 12%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.2, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Nicobar are in the Nicobar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nicobar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.