Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Jharsuguda disburses ₹54,208 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 4.1 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Jharsuguda, which ranks 2 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 59.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100% and women-owned enterprises at 46.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Jharsuguda are in the Jharsuguda district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Jharsuguda youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.