Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Anantnag has 42,896 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,79,105, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anantnag, which ranks 10 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 51.3%. On bank branches per lakh people at 9.8, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Anantnag are in the Anantnag district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anantnag youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.