Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Patna disburses ₹14,891 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 171.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 14% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Patna, which ranks 1 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 49.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 32.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 17.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Patna are in the Patna district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Patna youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.