Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Raipur disburses ₹32,585 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 78.4 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 15% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Raipur, which ranks 1 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.4% and women-owned enterprises at 22.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Raipur are in the Raipur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Raipur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.