A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Ahmedabad disburses ₹33,260 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 100.5 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ahmedabad, which ranks 2 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.4%, women-owned enterprises at 39.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51%, it sits close to the national mark.