Pillar: Economic Participation
Kapurthala has 11,184 manufacturing MSMEs. 50% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kapurthala, which ranks 19 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 value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,87,216. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Kapurthala are in the Kapurthala district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kapurthala youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.