Pillar: Economic Participation
Harda has 3,143 manufacturing MSMEs. 59.5% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 60% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Harda, which ranks 26 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.3% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,80,378.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Harda are in the Harda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Harda youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.