Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mandi has 27,003 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹80,353, behind 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 41% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mandi, which ranks 10 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 19.1, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 54.2%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Mandi are in the Mandi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mandi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.