Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Darjeeling has 53,377 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,42,346, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
86% of registered enterprises are in services while 14% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Darjeeling, which ranks 3 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 19.1, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 52.7%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Darjeeling are in the Darjeeling district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Darjeeling youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.