Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Aligarh disburses ₹22,631 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 395.7 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 57% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Aligarh, which ranks 18 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.9%, self-employed workers at 63% and women-owned enterprises at 7.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Aligarh are in the Aligarh district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Aligarh youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.