A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dhamtari disburses ₹21,653 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 145.3 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhamtari, which ranks 9 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 86.7%, self-employed workers at 63.2% and women-owned enterprises at 22.1%, it sits close to the national mark.