A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Guntur disburses ₹59,965 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 535.7 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Guntur, which ranks 3 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 34.8%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 88.8% and women-owned enterprises at 32.7%, it sits close to the national mark.