Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Cuddalore has 91,791 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,31,056, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Cuddalore, which ranks 19 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 72.3% and bank branches per lakh people at 13.2.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Cuddalore are in the Cuddalore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Cuddalore youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.