Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhar has 59,049 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,12,915, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 46% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dhar, which ranks 49 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 71.5%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.2, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Dhar are in the Dhar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dhar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.