Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nagpur disburses ₹41,644 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 362.2 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 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 21% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nagpur, which ranks 9 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.9%, women-owned enterprises at 35.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Nagpur are in the Nagpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nagpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.