Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5.2% of Anand's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 18,359 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anand, which ranks 24 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,97,872 and formal-sector jobs at 10.5%.
What the Industrial Estate is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Industrial Estate reference. For Anand specifically, see the Anand district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Anand youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.