Pillar: Economic Participation
Kinnaur has 947 manufacturing MSMEs. 88.9% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 43% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kinnaur, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.7% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,20,541.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Kinnaur are in the Kinnaur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kinnaur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.