A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dumka disburses ₹23,320 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 97.9 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dumka, which ranks 13 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 55.8%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 70.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.9% and women-owned enterprises at 13.4%, it sits close to the national mark.