Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Shopian has 12,665 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,36,339, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Shopian, which ranks 2 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 71.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 13.3.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Shopian are in the Shopian district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Shopian youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.