Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chamoli disburses ₹28,645 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 331 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. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chamoli, which ranks 8 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 79.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.4%, women-owned enterprises at 16.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.5%, 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 Chamoli specifically, see the Chamoli district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Chamoli youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.