Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Samba has 13,199 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,87,596, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 23% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Samba, which ranks 1 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 81% and bank branches per lakh people at 26.6.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Samba are in the Samba district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Samba youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.