Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Anantnag disburses ₹47,586 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,407.2 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anantnag, which ranks 10 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 73.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.5% and women-owned enterprises at 19%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Anantnag are in the Anantnag district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anantnag youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.