Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Banaskantha has 58,882 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,56,029, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Banaskantha, which ranks 32 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 75.5%, while it lags on bank branches per lakh people at 6.4.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Banaskantha are in the Banaskantha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Banaskantha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.