A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Navsari disburses ₹18,869 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 71 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Navsari, which ranks 5 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.9%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 85.5%. On women-owned enterprises at 34.3%, it sits close to the national mark.