Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bathinda has 18,053 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,12,035, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.3%. The district has 56,529 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.