Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chennai disburses ₹46,994 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 277.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 94% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 36% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chennai, which ranks 2 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 62.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 23.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2%, women-owned enterprises at 28.3% 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 Chennai are in the Chennai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chennai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.