Pillar: Economic Participation
Shivamogga has 16,649 manufacturing MSMEs. 40% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 41% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Shivamogga, which ranks 14 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.7%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,27,625, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Shivamogga are in the Shivamogga district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Shivamogga youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.