Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Raisen disburses ₹22,275 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 492.3 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 45% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Raisen, which ranks 35 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.9%, self-employed workers at 59.7%, women-owned enterprises at 37.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Raisen are in the Raisen district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Raisen youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.