A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Chamarajanagar disburses ₹62,202 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 6.6 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chamarajanagar, which ranks 19 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 40.4%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 80%. On women-owned enterprises at 25.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.3%, it sits close to the national mark.