A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Porbandar disburses ₹12,347 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 10.9 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Porbandar, which ranks 16 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100%, self-employed workers at 60.2% and women-owned enterprises at 11.7%, it sits close to the national mark.