A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Vadodara disburses ₹32,627 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 52.7 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vadodara, which ranks 3 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.7% and women-owned enterprises at 40.5%, it sits close to the national mark.