Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ramanathapuram disburses ₹36,739 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 117.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 17% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ramanathapuram, which ranks 34 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.7%, women-owned enterprises at 30.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ramanathapuram are in the Ramanathapuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ramanathapuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.