Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kupwara has 22,952 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,39,857, 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 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 3% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kupwara, which ranks 8 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 41.3% and bank branches per lakh people at 7.9.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kupwara are in the Kupwara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kupwara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.