Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Idukki has 28,809 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹2,41,119, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Higher secondary enrollment (classes 9–12) is 147%, likely reflecting students enrolling from neighbouring areas. Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Idukki, which ranks 10 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 19. On credit going to productive use at 59.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Idukki are in the Idukki district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Idukki youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.