Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nuapada has 12,804 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,09,080, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nuapada, which ranks 21 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.2. On credit going to productive use at 63.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Nuapada are in the Nuapada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nuapada youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.