An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Patna has 45,615 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,67,263, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Patna, which ranks 1 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.3%. The district has 1,74,487 registered service enterprises.