Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
West Garo Hills has 7,857 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹85,780, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In West Garo Hills, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 27.9% and bank branches per lakh people at 7.3.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in West Garo Hills are in the West Garo Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Garo Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.