Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Nilgiris disburses ₹39,187 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 888.8 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Nilgiris, which ranks 20 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 21.8%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.2% and women-owned enterprises at 18.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Nilgiris are in the Nilgiris district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Nilgiris youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.