A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Alluri Sitharama Raju disburses ₹59,477 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 3.2 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Alluri Sitharama Raju, which ranks 14 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 30.4%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 64.7%. On women-owned enterprises at 22% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.6%, it sits close to the national mark.