Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
East Godavari disburses ₹69,973 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 356.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 67% of ITI trainers are certified.
In East Godavari, which ranks 9 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.8%, women-owned enterprises at 25.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in East Godavari are in the East Godavari district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Godavari youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.