Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.3% of Kurukshetra's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 14,172 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kurukshetra, which ranks 10 of 22 in Haryana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,77,303 and formal-sector jobs at 17.7%.
What the Industrial Estate is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Industrial Estate reference. For Kurukshetra specifically, see the Kurukshetra district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Kurukshetra youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.