Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gurdaspur has 47,610 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,359, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gurdaspur, which ranks 14 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 16.9. On credit going to productive use at 62%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Gurdaspur are in the Gurdaspur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gurdaspur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.