A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kodagu disburses ₹74,698 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 53.4 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kodagu, which ranks 16 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.2%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 74.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 38.3%. On women-owned enterprises at 28.6%, it sits close to the national mark.