Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Banaskantha disburses ₹8,014 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 73.6 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Banaskantha, which ranks 32 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.5%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 72%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96% and women-owned enterprises at 14%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Banaskantha are in the Banaskantha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Banaskantha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.