An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Kangra has 7,050 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,12,749, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 93% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kangra, which ranks 8 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.4%. The district has 37,514 registered service enterprises.