Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Solan disburses ₹38,279 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,027 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 96% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 48% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Solan, which ranks 1 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 67.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 50.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8% and women-owned enterprises at 22.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Solan are in the Solan district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Solan youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.