A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
South Goa disburses ₹38,419 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 37.1 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Goa, which ranks 2 of 2 in Goa for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 64.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.1% and women-owned enterprises at 20.6%, it sits close to the national mark.