A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Mahisagar disburses ₹14,983 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 206 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mahisagar, which ranks 32 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 65.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, self-employed workers at 61.9% and women-owned enterprises at 11.8%, it sits close to the national mark.