Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nilgiris has 26,836 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹2,19,270, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nilgiris, which ranks 20 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 14.1, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 55.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Nilgiris are in the Nilgiris district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nilgiris youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.