Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Anand disburses ₹25,308 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 41.6 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anand, which ranks 25 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, self-employed workers at 58.8% and women-owned enterprises at 26%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Anand are in the Anand district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anand youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.