Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Korba disburses ₹22,849 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 71.7 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 46% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Korba, which ranks 7 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.9%, self-employed workers at 59.3% and women-owned enterprises at 23.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Korba are in the Korba district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Korba youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.