Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mandsaur disburses ₹28,210 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 569.4 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mandsaur, which ranks 22 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 77.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.1%, women-owned enterprises at 22.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Mandsaur are in the Mandsaur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mandsaur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.