Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hardoi has 47,027 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹93,444, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 32% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Hardoi, which ranks 65 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 73.5%, while it lags on bank branches per lakh people at 5.6.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Hardoi are in the Hardoi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hardoi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.