An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Yanam has 232 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,83,590, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 34% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Yanam, which ranks 2 of 27 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 18.9%. The district has 591 registered service enterprises.