Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Surendranagar disburses ₹13,393 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 140.6 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 24% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Surendranagar, which ranks 29 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 59%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 67%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.8% and women-owned enterprises at 37.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Surendranagar are in the Surendranagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Surendranagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.