Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
South 24 Parganas disburses ₹30,555 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 156.8 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In South 24 Parganas, which ranks 13 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.9 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.6%, self-employed workers at 55.1%, women-owned enterprises at 30% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in South 24 Parganas are in the South 24 Parganas district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the South 24 Parganas youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.