Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kolar disburses ₹69,937 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 232.4 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 70% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kolar, which ranks 7 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 50.6%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 62.1%. On women-owned enterprises at 29.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kolar are in the Kolar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kolar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.