Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nuapada has 3,362 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,09,080, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 84% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nuapada, which ranks 15 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.1%. The district has 12,804 registered service enterprises.
What the MSME-DFO is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the MSME-DFO reference. For Nuapada specifically, see the Nuapada district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Nuapada youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.