Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Thane disburses ₹16,250 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 85.4 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 18% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Thane, which ranks 3 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 29.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.7%, women-owned enterprises at 28.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Thane are in the Thane district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Thane youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.