Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Budgam has 22,661 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹96,462, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
55% of registered enterprises are in services while 45% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Budgam, which ranks 12 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.1%. The district has 27,206 registered service enterprises.
What the MSME-DFO is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the MSME-DFO reference. For Budgam specifically, see the Budgam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Budgam youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.