Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Porbandar disburses ₹11,323 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 10.9 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 38% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Porbandar, which ranks 18 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100%, self-employed workers at 56.4%, women-owned enterprises at 11.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Porbandar are in the Porbandar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Porbandar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.