Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Rajnandgaon has 28,245 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,09,268, behind 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 32% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Rajnandgaon, which ranks 3 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.8 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 60.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 11.2, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Rajnandgaon are in the Rajnandgaon district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Rajnandgaon youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.