A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Devbhoomi Dwarka disburses ₹6,650 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 106.7 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Devbhoomi Dwarka, which ranks 13 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 55.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9% and women-owned enterprises at 15.7%, it sits close to the national mark.