Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Poonch has 10,350 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,86,966, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 18% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Poonch, which ranks 18 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 32.3% and bank branches per lakh people at 9.4.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Poonch are in the Poonch district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Poonch youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.