A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Manendragarh Chirmiri Bharatpur disburses ₹39,709 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 445.2 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Manendragarh Chirmiri Bharatpur, which ranks 32 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.8%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 73%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.4% and women-owned enterprises at 9.3%, it sits close to the national mark.