A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Solan disburses ₹40,489 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,027 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Solan, which ranks 1 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 67.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 40.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 63.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8% and women-owned enterprises at 22.1%, it sits close to the national mark.