A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
25.7% of Daman's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 2,503 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Daman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,05,960 and formal-sector jobs at 47.5%.