Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Agar Malwa disburses ₹20,403 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 280.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 100% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Agar Malwa, which ranks 28 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.6%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 72.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92% and women-owned enterprises at 21.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Agar Malwa are in the Agar Malwa district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Agar Malwa youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.