An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Pondicherry has 9,253 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹3,95,086, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.5%. The district has 42,474 registered service enterprises.