Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gangtok has 7,797 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,93,168, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 40% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gangtok, which ranks 3 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 38.1, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 43.2%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Gangtok are in the Gangtok district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gangtok youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.