An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
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 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pulwama, which ranks 2 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.4 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.