Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
North 24 Parganas has 1,91,670 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,23,544, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In North 24 Parganas, which ranks 4 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 17.3, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 46%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in North 24 Parganas are in the North 24 Parganas district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the North 24 Parganas youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.