Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Vadodara disburses ₹28,582 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 52.7 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 30% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Vadodara, which ranks 3 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.7% and women-owned enterprises at 40.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Vadodara are in the Vadodara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Vadodara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.