Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
West Godavari disburses ₹43,370 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 332.7 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 53% of ITI trainers are certified.
In West Godavari, which ranks 11 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.2%, women-owned enterprises at 19% 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 West Godavari are in the West Godavari district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Godavari youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.