Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kullu has 18,961 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,10,394, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 37% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kullu, which ranks 12 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 23.6. On credit going to productive use at 57.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kullu are in the Kullu district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kullu youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.