Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bathinda has 56,529 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹2,12,035, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bathinda, which ranks 20 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 23.3. On credit going to productive use at 67.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bathinda are in the Bathinda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bathinda youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.