Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kulgam has 16,375 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,54,815, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kulgam, which ranks 9 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 62.5% and bank branches per lakh people at 10.8, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kulgam are in the Kulgam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kulgam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.