Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pulwama has 10,779 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,73,296, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Pulwama, which ranks 4 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.1%. The district has 25,229 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Pulwama are in the Pulwama district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pulwama youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.