Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Alluri Sitharama Raju disburses ₹50,189 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 3.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 67% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Alluri Sitharama Raju, which ranks 14 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 34.5%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 64.7%. On women-owned enterprises at 22% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Alluri Sitharama Raju are in the Alluri Sitharama Raju district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Alluri Sitharama Raju youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.