A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
West Godavari disburses ₹42,949 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 332.7 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Godavari, which ranks 18 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 47.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.2%, women-owned enterprises at 19% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.1%, it sits close to the national mark.