Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dewas disburses ₹28,773 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 341.9 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 32% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dewas, which ranks 37 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9%, self-employed workers at 59.3% and women-owned enterprises at 24.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Dewas are in the Dewas district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dewas youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.