Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Aravalli disburses ₹13,381 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 79.4 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 27% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Aravalli, which ranks 16 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.2%, self-employed workers at 54.5% and women-owned enterprises at 16.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Aravalli are in the Aravalli district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Aravalli youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.