Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gandhinagar has 53,084 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,66,011, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gandhinagar, which ranks 10 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 20.8, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 41.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Gandhinagar are in the Gandhinagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gandhinagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.