A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Gandhinagar disburses ₹20,405 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gandhinagar, which ranks 10 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.9 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.6%, self-employed workers at 55.2%, women-owned enterprises at 30.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.6%, it sits close to the national mark.