An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli has 4,165 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,92,274, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 18% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which ranks 2 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 18.2%. The district has 14,835 registered service enterprises.