An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Bastar has 2,995 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,44,975, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bastar, which ranks 23 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.3%. The district has 16,315 registered service enterprises.