A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Durg disburses ₹29,802 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 179.6 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Durg, which ranks 2 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9% and women-owned enterprises at 34.6%, it sits close to the national mark.