A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Gadag disburses ₹52,016 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 204.2 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gadag, which ranks 24 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 52.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95%, women-owned enterprises at 37.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.8%, it sits close to the national mark.