Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Cuttack has 86,975 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,08,076, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 18% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Cuttack, which ranks 6 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 18.3. On credit going to productive use at 62.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Cuttack are in the Cuttack district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Cuttack youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.