A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
East Godavari disburses ₹73,189 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 356.2 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 89% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Godavari, which ranks 5 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 36.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.8%, women-owned enterprises at 25.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.8%, it sits close to the national mark.