Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kheda disburses ₹23,609 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 38.4 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kheda, which ranks 30 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 63.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9%, self-employed workers at 62.3% and women-owned enterprises at 28.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
What the RSETI is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the RSETI reference. For Kheda specifically, see the Kheda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Kheda youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.