Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Namakkal has 68,720 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,48,424, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Namakkal, which ranks 15 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 73.9% and bank branches per lakh people at 17.2.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Namakkal are in the Namakkal district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Namakkal youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.