Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kolkata disburses ₹54,745 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 104.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 50% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kolkata, which ranks 1 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 36.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.3%, women-owned enterprises at 25.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kolkata are in the Kolkata district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kolkata youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.