Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ferozepur disburses ₹36,117 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,122 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 50% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ferozepur, which ranks 16 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2%, self-employed workers at 54.2% and women-owned enterprises at 24.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ferozepur are in the Ferozepur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ferozepur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.