Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mandya disburses ₹58,701 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 212.5 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 42% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mandya, which ranks 15 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2%, self-employed workers at 59.4% and women-owned enterprises at 33.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Mandya are in the Mandya district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mandya youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.