Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chennai has 82,286 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,95,317, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 94% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chennai, which ranks 2 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 62.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 12.5%. The district has 3,69,289 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Chennai are in the Chennai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chennai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.