A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Bharuch disburses ₹20,290 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 136.7 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bharuch, which ranks 7 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 59.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.2% and women-owned enterprises at 35.3%, it sits close to the national mark.