Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Sundargarh has 50,178 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,16,201, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 71.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 13.5.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Sundargarh are in the Sundargarh district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Sundargarh youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.