Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kabirdham disburses ₹10,332 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 59.3 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 25% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kabirdham, which ranks 22 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 63.2%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 68.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4% and women-owned enterprises at 16.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kabirdham are in the Kabirdham district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kabirdham youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.