Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ganjam disburses ₹35,041 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 251.9 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ganjam, which ranks 18 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.7%, self-employed workers at 61.8% and women-owned enterprises at 24%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ganjam are in the Ganjam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ganjam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.