An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Korba has 5,189 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹74,129, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Korba, which ranks 8 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.6%. The district has 28,325 registered service enterprises.