Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5% of Meerut's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 57,055 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 42% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Meerut, which ranks 5 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,86,291 and formal-sector jobs at 15.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Meerut are in the Meerut district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Meerut youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.