Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bikaner disburses ₹25,889 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 331.5 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 48% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bikaner, which ranks 12 of 41 in Rajasthan for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.3 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, self-employed workers at 62.8%, women-owned enterprises at 17.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Bikaner are in the Bikaner district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bikaner youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.