Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Vidisha disburses ₹16,373 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,011.3 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 61% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Vidisha, which ranks 31 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 65.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.3%, women-owned enterprises at 24% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Vidisha are in the Vidisha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Vidisha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.