Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Daman has 2,503 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,05,960, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 29% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Daman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 25.7%. The district has 6,341 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Daman are in the Daman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Daman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.