A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Belagavi disburses ₹62,880 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 193.8 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Belagavi, which ranks 18 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.3 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, self-employed workers at 53.8%, women-owned enterprises at 29.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.5%, it sits close to the national mark.