A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Pulwama disburses ₹67,214 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,721.8 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pulwama, which ranks 2 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 71.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.1% and women-owned enterprises at 9.6%, it sits close to the national mark.