Madhya Pradesh has a population of about 8.97 crore across 55 districts, with roughly 2.35 crore young people aged 15 to 29.
In Madhya Pradesh, labour force participation is 68.8% and unemployment is 1.6%.
14.9% of working young people hold regular jobs, 64.5% are self-employed, 20.6% work in casual employment.
By sector, agriculture employs 58.5% of the workforce.
Per capita income is Rs 1.5 lakh per year; there are 2403832 registered MSMEs per 10,000 residents; manufacturing accounts for 20.7% of those MSMEs and services for 79.3%.
The EPFO-covered formal sector accounts for about 3% of the labour force, across 26,828 registered establishments.
In the Class 10 National Achievement Survey 2021, students in Madhya Pradesh averaged 42.3% (52.0% in English, 36.0% in mathematics); secondary enrolment in classes 9 to 12 is 55.8%.
Government-funded short skill courses under PMKVY in Madhya Pradesh most often train young people as IT Coordinator In School, Customer Care Executive, Electronics Machine Maintenance Executive.
The most-taken Industrial Training Institute (ITI) trades by admission are Electrician (NSQF), Fitter (NSQF), Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (NSQF).
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