Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jharsuguda has 18,874 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,27,535, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Jharsuguda, which ranks 2 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 18.2. On credit going to productive use at 61.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Jharsuguda are in the Jharsuguda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jharsuguda youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.