Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pondicherry has 42,474 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹3,95,086, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 64% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Pondicherry, which ranks 1 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 18.7. On credit going to productive use at 57.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Pondicherry are in the Pondicherry district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pondicherry youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.