Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Cuddalore disburses ₹59,198 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 346.2 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Cuddalore, which ranks 19 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.7%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 38.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1% and women-owned enterprises at 27.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Cuddalore are in the Cuddalore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Cuddalore youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.