Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bilaspur has 52,968 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,57,631, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bilaspur, which ranks 4 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 13.9, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 56%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bilaspur are in the Bilaspur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bilaspur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.