A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Rajkot disburses ₹20,120 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 77.9 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.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rajkot, which ranks 8 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.6%, self-employed workers at 61.5% and women-owned enterprises at 31.5%, it sits close to the national mark.