Puducherry has a population of about 16.8 lakh across 4 districts, with roughly 4.7 lakh young people aged 15 to 29.
In Puducherry, labour force participation is 57.4% and unemployment is 5.7%.
58.0% of working young people hold regular jobs, 22.4% are self-employed, 19.7% work in casual employment.
By sector, agriculture employs 23.8% of the workforce, construction 21.9%, apparel and textiles 12.4%.
Per capita income is Rs 1.4 lakh per year; there are 311 registered MSMEs per 10,000 residents; manufacturing accounts for 17.3% of those MSMEs and services for 82.7%.
MSMEs employ around 1.4 lakh workers in Puducherry; the EPFO-covered formal sector accounts for about 16% of the labour force, across 1,973 registered establishments.
In the Class 10 National Achievement Survey 2021, students in Puducherry averaged 47.2% (60.3% in English, 34.0% in mathematics); secondary enrolment in classes 9 to 12 is 68.3%.
Government-funded short skill courses under PMKVY in Puducherry most often train young people as Traditional Hand Embroiderer, Customer Care Executive-Domestic- Non- Voice, Hand Embroiderer (Addawala).
The most-taken Industrial Training Institute (ITI) trades by admission are Fitter (NSQF), Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (NSQF), REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNICIAN(NSQF).
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