Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Raichur disburses ₹38,377 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 85.7 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 51% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Raichur, which ranks 30 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, women-owned enterprises at 48.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Raichur are in the Raichur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Raichur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.