Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jagatsinghapur disburses ₹53,577 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 232.5 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jagatsinghapur, which ranks 10 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 37.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.1%, self-employed workers at 58.9% and women-owned enterprises at 23.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Jagatsinghapur are in the Jagatsinghapur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jagatsinghapur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.