Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Amreli disburses ₹7,305 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 158.2 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 35% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 28% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Amreli, which ranks 22 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 61.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.5%, self-employed workers at 54.4% and women-owned enterprises at 33.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Amreli are in the Amreli district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Amreli youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.