A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Bijapur disburses ₹39,015 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 301.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bijapur, which ranks 28 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 66.7%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 71%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.9% and women-owned enterprises at 14.2%, it sits close to the national mark.