Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Vizianagaram disburses ₹17,226 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. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 50% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Vizianagaram, which ranks 6 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 34.5%. 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 44.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Vizianagaram are in the Vizianagaram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Vizianagaram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.