Pillar: Economic Participation
Chamoli has 2,151 manufacturing MSMEs. 63.8% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 19% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chamoli, which ranks 8 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,58,083, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 0.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Chamoli are in the Chamoli district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chamoli youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.