Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bageshwar disburses ₹21,012 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 676.2 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 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bageshwar, which ranks 13 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.6%, self-employed workers at 64.9% and women-owned enterprises at 4.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
What the RSETI is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the RSETI reference. For Bageshwar specifically, see the Bageshwar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Bageshwar youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.