Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Balod has 14,503 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹73,629, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 23% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Balod, which ranks 9 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 54.2% and bank branches per lakh people at 9.1.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Balod are in the Balod district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Balod youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.