A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dharwad disburses ₹64,623 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 335.3 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dharwad, which ranks 8 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 42.4%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.9% and women-owned enterprises at 36%, it sits close to the national mark.