Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Paschim Bardhaman has 63,190 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹95,161, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Paschim Bardhaman, which ranks 5 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 35.6, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 48.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Paschim Bardhaman are in the Paschim Bardhaman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Paschim Bardhaman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.