Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Srikakulam disburses ₹16,706 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 272.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 48% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Srikakulam, which ranks 15 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 49.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94%, women-owned enterprises at 21.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Srikakulam are in the Srikakulam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Srikakulam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.