Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ajmer disburses ₹46,960 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 381.4 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 39% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ajmer, which ranks 9 of 41 in Rajasthan for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 48.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9%, women-owned enterprises at 29.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ajmer are in the Ajmer district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ajmer youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.