An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
30.9% of workers in Malerkotla are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 1.7% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 82% of the population of that age.
In Malerkotla, which ranks 10 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.5%, against 59.3% nationally, value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,02,236, against ₹1,43,689 nationally and households in the poorest wealth group at 0.8%, against 17.3% nationally.