Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bokaro has 49,245 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,43,083, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 6% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bokaro, which ranks 7 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 53.1%. On bank branches per lakh people at 9.8, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bokaro are in the Bokaro district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bokaro youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.