A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Seraikela Kharsawan disburses ₹13,637 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 66.1 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Seraikela Kharsawan, which ranks 4 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.7%, self-employed workers at 56.9% and women-owned enterprises at 24.1%, it sits close to the national mark.