Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Fazilka disburses ₹22,460 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 2,116.2 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 52% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Fazilka, which ranks 18 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 44.8%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.9% and women-owned enterprises at 21.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Fazilka are in the Fazilka district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Fazilka youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.