Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dakshina Kannada has 77,872 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹2,28,866, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 39% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dakshina Kannada, which ranks 3 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 27. On credit going to productive use at 56.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dakshina Kannada are in the Dakshina Kannada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dakshina Kannada youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.