A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Diu disburses ₹4,923 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 62.3 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 27% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Diu, which ranks 3 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.1 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 97.9% and women-owned enterprises at 42.5%, it sits close to the national mark.