Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
12.9% of Ahmedabad's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 1,80,853 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 45% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ahmedabad, which ranks 2 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,65,298 and formal-sector jobs at 19%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Ahmedabad are in the Ahmedabad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ahmedabad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.