Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Angul disburses ₹43,292 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 101.4 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 23% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Angul, which ranks 8 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.8%, self-employed workers at 55.1%, women-owned enterprises at 26.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Angul are in the Angul district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Angul youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.