Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Dhar disburses ₹24,461 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 397.5 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 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 46% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Dhar, which ranks 49 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 58.9%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 68.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.3% and women-owned enterprises at 24.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Dhar are in the Dhar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Dhar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.