Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Agra disburses ₹31,411 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 796.3 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 55% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Agra, which ranks 15 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 37.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1%, self-employed workers at 56.2% and women-owned enterprises at 16%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Agra are in the Agra district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Agra youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.