Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dantewada has 4,240 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,78,444, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dantewada, which ranks 5 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 76.5% and bank branches per lakh people at 13.3.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dantewada are in the Dantewada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dantewada youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.