Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Central Delhi disburses ₹81,925 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 193.9 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 14% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Central Delhi, which ranks 8 of 11 in Delhi for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 42%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 31.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.5% and women-owned enterprises at 4.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Central Delhi are in the Central Delhi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Central Delhi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.