Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Surat disburses ₹16,082 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 210.2 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 31% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Surat, which ranks 6 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 67.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98% and women-owned enterprises at 41%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Surat are in the Surat district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Surat youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.