Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Yanam disburses ₹2,52,571 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,111.9 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 35% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 100% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Yanam, which ranks 2 of 27 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 44.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.2%, women-owned enterprises at 33.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Yanam are in the Yanam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Yanam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.