Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pathankot disburses ₹28,726 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 842.7 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pathankot, which ranks 3 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 39.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.6%, women-owned enterprises at 33.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
What the RSETI is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the RSETI reference. For Pathankot specifically, see the Pathankot district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Pathankot youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.