Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Botad has 11,166 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,26,002, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Botad, which ranks 13 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 81.9%, while it lags on bank branches per lakh people at 8.5.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Botad are in the Botad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Botad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.