An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
8.9% of workers in Pondicherry are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pondicherry, which ranks 1 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 22.6%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹3,95,086 and households in the poorest wealth group at 2.7%.