Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Shahdara disburses ₹6,552 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises.
In Shahdara, which ranks 10 of 11 in Delhi for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.7 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 88% and women-owned enterprises at 10.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Shahdara are in the Shahdara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Shahdara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.