A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Shahdara disburses ₹7,144 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 193.9 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Shahdara, which ranks 11 of 11 in Delhi for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 30.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 88% and women-owned enterprises at 10.2%, it sits close to the national mark.