A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Anakapalli disburses ₹63,191 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 70.4 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 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anakapalli, which ranks 4 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 27.4%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.7% and women-owned enterprises at 31.8%, it sits close to the national mark.