Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gir Somnath disburses ₹5,295 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 107.3 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 31% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gir Somnath, which ranks 24 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 54.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8%, self-employed workers at 61.1% and women-owned enterprises at 20.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Gir Somnath are in the Gir Somnath district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gir Somnath youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.