Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ahmednagar disburses ₹32,577 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 291.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ahmednagar, which ranks 21 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.6 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.3%, self-employed workers at 63%, women-owned enterprises at 27.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ahmednagar are in the Ahmednagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ahmednagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.