A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Daman disburses ₹5,053 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 175.1 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Daman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 18.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 38.4%, it sits close to the national mark.