Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Gautam Buddha Nagar disburses ₹52,670 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,000.3 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Higher secondary enrollment (classes 9–12) is 108%, likely reflecting students enrolling from neighbouring areas. 57% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gautam Buddha Nagar, which ranks 1 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 38.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.5% and women-owned enterprises at 14.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Gautam Buddha Nagar are in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gautam Buddha Nagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.