Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mahe disburses ₹38,213 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 3,226.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than 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 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Mahe, which ranks 2 of 15 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 61.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.6%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4% and women-owned enterprises at 20.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Mahe are in the Mahe district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mahe youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.