Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Porbandar has 16,455 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,64,073, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 38% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Porbandar, which ranks 18 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 13. On credit going to productive use at 63.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Porbandar are in the Porbandar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Porbandar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.