Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Daman disburses ₹3,776 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 175.1 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 29% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Daman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 18.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 38.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Daman are in the Daman district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Daman youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.