Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kanpur Nagar disburses ₹19,279 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 300.1 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 30% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kanpur Nagar, which ranks 6 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9%, self-employed workers at 59.9%, women-owned enterprises at 14% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kanpur Nagar are in the Kanpur Nagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kanpur Nagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.