Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Viluppuram has 75,447 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,19,656, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Viluppuram, which ranks 36 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 75.8%. On bank branches per lakh people at 10.9, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Viluppuram are in the Viluppuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Viluppuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.