Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Katni disburses ₹22,404 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 542 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 35% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Katni, which ranks 23 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 45.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.7% and women-owned enterprises at 33.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Katni are in the Katni district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Katni youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.