Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ludhiana disburses ₹36,224 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 527 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 32% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ludhiana, which ranks 2 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.9% and women-owned enterprises at 20%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ludhiana are in the Ludhiana district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ludhiana youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.