A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Narayanpur disburses ₹13,103 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 214.8 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.
87% of registered enterprises are in services while 13% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Narayanpur, which ranks 10 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 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 skilling trainees who get certified at 81.4% and self-employed workers at 71%. On women-owned enterprises at 19.7%, it sits close to the national mark.