Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Puri disburses ₹53,546 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 254.7 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Puri, which ranks 4 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, self-employed workers at 63.7% and women-owned enterprises at 24.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Puri are in the Puri district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Puri youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.