Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Murshidabad disburses ₹40,742 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 79.2 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 13% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Murshidabad, which ranks 18 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 63.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.8%, women-owned enterprises at 55% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Murshidabad are in the Murshidabad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Murshidabad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.