Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Viluppuram disburses ₹58,484 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 202.4 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Viluppuram, which ranks 36 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.9%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2% and women-owned enterprises at 21.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Viluppuram are in the Viluppuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Viluppuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.