Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Vizianagaram disburses ₹17,532 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 297.1 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vizianagaram, which ranks 9 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 47.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 88%, women-owned enterprises at 22.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
What the RSETI is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the RSETI reference. For Vizianagaram specifically, see the Vizianagaram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Vizianagaram youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.