Pillar: Economic Participation
Tiruvallur has 38,500 manufacturing MSMEs. 56% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 10% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Tiruvallur, which ranks 4 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.4% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,65,632.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Tiruvallur are in the Tiruvallur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tiruvallur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.