Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Faridabad disburses ₹29,271 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 644.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than 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 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Faridabad, which ranks 7 of 22 in Haryana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 28.7%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96% and women-owned enterprises at 16.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Faridabad are in the Faridabad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Faridabad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.