Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Anantapur has 96,772 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,38,830, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anantapur, which ranks 25 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.3. On credit going to productive use at 63.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Anantapur are in the Anantapur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anantapur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.