Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jamnagar disburses ₹14,995 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 180.8 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 40% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 37% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Jamnagar, which ranks 9 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 55.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.8% and women-owned enterprises at 22.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Jamnagar are in the Jamnagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jamnagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.