Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
East Jaintia Hills has 2,614 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,31,954, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Jaintia Hills, which ranks 8 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.6, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 53.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in East Jaintia Hills are in the East Jaintia Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Jaintia Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.