A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jammu disburses ₹42,435 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 625.3 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.
87% of registered enterprises are in services while 13% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jammu, which ranks 4 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, women-owned enterprises at 24.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.8%, it sits close to the national mark.