Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bastar has 16,315 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,44,975, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bastar, which ranks 16 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 11.7, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 44.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bastar are in the Bastar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bastar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.