Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Raigad disburses ₹19,129 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 111.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% 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 10% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Raigad, which ranks 7 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 35%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, women-owned enterprises at 27.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Raigad are in the Raigad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Raigad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.