Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Durg disburses ₹25,746 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 179.6 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Durg, which ranks 2 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9% and women-owned enterprises at 34.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Durg are in the Durg district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Durg youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.