Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nagaon disburses ₹30,188 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 363.6 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 18% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nagaon, which ranks 27 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2%, self-employed workers at 60.5%, women-owned enterprises at 12.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Nagaon are in the Nagaon district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nagaon youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.