A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Raipur disburses ₹37,852 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 78.4 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 15% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Raipur, which ranks 1 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.4% and women-owned enterprises at 22.9%, it sits close to the national mark.