Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Lucknow disburses ₹31,523 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 489 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 31% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Lucknow, which ranks 4 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.1%, self-employed workers at 53%, women-owned enterprises at 20.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Lucknow are in the Lucknow district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Lucknow youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.